Protection and Control: Middle Bronze Age Fortified Settlements in the Benta Valley, Hungary
Jan. 1, 2019
Keywords:
Epoca Bronzului
Political economy
conflicts
tells
fortified settlements
settlement system
Economie politică
conflicte
tell-uri
aşezări fortificate
sisteme de aşezări
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Abstract
Fortified settlements can be useful components in the exercise and protection of political power. "ey are not only
important when defending against other societies, but also useful for asserting control within society. "is paper
explores the political economy and relationship between open and fortified settlements belonging to the Middle
Bronze Age Vatya tell-culture in the Benta valley in Hungary with focus on local defensive needs, how defence was
organised, and how military means and fortified settlements could be employed in strategies to control a political
entity comprising of several settlements and a population in the low thousands.
