Libyan' Forts in South-west Cyrenaica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3780077 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R G Goodchild (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1951 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 99 |
| Pages | 131-144 |
| Publication date | 1951-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00021104 |
| OpenAlex | W2150674272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In his comprehensive study of the Eastern Libyans, published in 1914, Oric Bates devoted several pages to the discussion of certain forts, seen in south-west Cyrenaica by 19th-century travellers, the architecture of which seemed to indicate a native Libyan origin, entirely free from Greek or Roman influence. After repeating the descriptions given by these travellers, and reconstructing plans and sections of two of the forts from the recorded measurements (always a perilous undertaking), Bates concluded that these structures, typified by Gasr el-Heneia near Agedabia, and by several examples near Ghemines, belonged to the ninth or eighth century B.C., 'the great era of polygonal masonry
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2025 (55) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |