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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on January 26, 2021, 09:22:49 PM

Title: 80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE
Post by: Imperial Dave on January 26, 2021, 09:22:49 PM
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/21/80-newly-found-dugouts-offer-glimpse-into-9th-century-rural-life-in-first-bulgarian-empire/
Title: Re: 80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE
Post by: Duncan Head on January 26, 2021, 09:25:40 PM
Oh, dugout houses - my initial expectation was canoes.
Title: Re: 80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE
Post by: Imperial Dave on January 26, 2021, 09:27:19 PM
ah....should have clarified the title...
Title: Re: 80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE
Post by: Erpingham on January 27, 2021, 08:47:25 AM
The excavation seems to have been done with Wheeler boxes - very Old School.
Title: Re: 80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE
Post by: DBS on January 27, 2021, 11:43:35 AM
Quote from: Erpingham on January 27, 2021, 08:47:25 AM
The excavation seems to have been done with Wheeler boxes - very Old School.
Thread drift I realise, but one quaint aspect of Wheeler's career is that during WW2, when he was a TA anti-aircraft regiment CO, his standardised design for AA machine-gun pits was based on Celtic roundhouses...
Title: Re: 80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE
Post by: Erpingham on January 27, 2021, 12:35:24 PM
He also had a daredevil streak.  Under the guise of researching what it was like to experience anti-aircraft fire, he blagged a seat in a Wellington bomber on a raid on an Italian air field.  To get a better view , he sat in the front turret.  The air defences were a disappointment though so the bomber crew decided to beat up the airfield, Wheeler blazing away with the turret guns.  Indiana Jones eat your heart out.