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Document Details : Title: The Ghilghilchay Defensive Long Wall Subtitle: New Investigations Author(s): ALIEV, Asker A. , GADJIEV, Murtazali S. , GAITHER, M. Gaye , KOHL, Philip L. , MAGOMEDOV, Rabadan M. , ALIEV, Idris N. Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 5 Issue: 1-2 Date: 2006 Pages: 143-177 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.5.1.3291744 Abstract : In the 2002 field season, the Azerbaijani-Daghestani-American archaeological expedition carried out careful visual investigations and mapping of portions of the Ghilghilchay Sasanian fortification wall that was built in the 6th century AD on the Caspian coastal plain. Among the recorded features of the wall were over 300 tower-buttresses spaced regularly along it, five towers with interior depressed cultural deposits, three military garrisons or forts (two of which were not previously recorded), and one apparently fortified Sasanian settlement. These collaborative new investigations reveal prime areas for future excavation. |
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