NOW WITH EVEN MORE CLUES !
So when on Google Earth is this site?
EXTRA CLUE
. . . . a site plan . . .
Here are the rulesQ: What is When on Google Earth? A: It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!
Q: How do you play it? A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.
Q: Who wins? A: The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.
Q: What does the winner get? A: The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!
Be the first to correctly identify the site above and its major period of occupation in the comments below and you can host your own!
Good luck . . . .
Since nobody has even had a guess in the last two weeks, I will put up a clue tomorrow, Saturday May 8th.
ReplyDeleteHi Geoff
ReplyDeleteHow about Windmill hill c. 3500 bc
'Hill' I like, but only on topographical grounds, and 'Windmill' is very much an anachronism.
ReplyDeleteNor is it belong to a Neolithic, it's far more of a Marxist culture.
How about Windmill hill c. 3500 bc please explain
ReplyDelete'Windmill Hill Culture' is a term once used for a phase of the Neolithic in England.
ReplyDeleteWhile the site is a hill it is not Neolithic, but pre-dates the use of Windmills in the area.
The rest of the comment is a cryptic clue to the cultural phase of this site.
It will time for more clues soon, as usual I am surprised nobody has got it yet [. . come on Heather!]
Hey, I keep looking but I'm struggling with this one!
ReplyDeleteHeather
If you are all at sea with this one, try turning left!
ReplyDeleteAnother clue, please?
ReplyDeleteIt belongs to a Culture that sounds Cuban. .... but isn't!
ReplyDeleteome on everyone, this is getting embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteLets review the evidence.
It is a hill fort, with circular buildings, and is slightly urban in nature.
Some of the defences are stone built.
The vegetation is slightly scrubby, and the area looks a bit dry, but not too arid.
It has a good tarmac road, car park and modern structures on the summit.
I am a specialist in European prehistory, and I took the plan from a well known text.
So you are looking for a hill fort with round buildings and stone built defences, in one of the dryer areas of Europe, which is of a tourist attraction locally, of some international interest.
So the answer is . . .
Got it!
ReplyDeleteCitânia de Briteiros in north Portugal. Castro Culture; late Bronze/Iron Age.
Brilliant! Well done Lee, it is indeed Citânia de Briteiros, an Iron Age Oppidum in Portugal, with BA and medieval phases.
ReplyDeleteSo it's over to you, I look forward to WOGE 93.
Finally! I never have a hope of identifying the sites, but I get frustrated no end when you professionals cannot come up with the answer. Thanks for the identification, and off to search what info I can find on the site. Looking forward to being frustrated with Lee's choice of site.
ReplyDeleteI think if you had had a guess at 'Castro' culture from my clues about Cuba/Marxism you would be halfway there.
ReplyDeleteFrom the form of the site, and this is were a good general archaeological knowledge comes in, you can discern the type/period.
Most of us post well known sites, -the trick is to work out the country/part of the world.
Knowing your way round the internet helps, as does a little persistence; I rarely know the actual site instantly.
Thanks, Geoff!
ReplyDeleteJust to let you all know that I've now posted WOGE93 on my very new blog...
http://climate-culture.blogspot.com/