Dr. Owen Rees

This is why we're archaeologists are really trying to piece together like, what is this space for? And one of the theories, and it is just one theory, but I quite like it, is one reason you'd have such a large space is to home a large nomadic group with their horses and everything with it for periods. And then they move on.

So whilst we have static life there as well, what you and I might think of as urban life, what we have with this massive gap is, you know, potentially is this to accommodate nomadism or pastoralism? Maybe that explains why there's such a large empty space. Because in terms of man hours, in terms of the effort to build this, in terms of all these things, it doesn't make a lot of sense on its own.

So whilst we have static life there as well, what you and I might think of as urban life, what we have with this massive gap is, you know, potentially is this to accommodate nomadism or pastoralism? Maybe that explains why there's such a large empty space. Because in terms of man hours, in terms of the effort to build this, in terms of all these things, it doesn't make a lot of sense on its own.

So whilst we have static life there as well, what you and I might think of as urban life, what we have with this massive gap is, you know, potentially is this to accommodate nomadism or pastoralism? Maybe that explains why there's such a large empty space. Because in terms of man hours, in terms of the effort to build this, in terms of all these things, it doesn't make a lot of sense on its own.

Yeah. And this is why scholars and archaeologists and the researchers looking at places like Bilsk are really trying to look at it in terms of not, this is a one culture's place.

Yeah. And this is why scholars and archaeologists and the researchers looking at places like Bilsk are really trying to look at it in terms of not, this is a one culture's place.

Yeah. And this is why scholars and archaeologists and the researchers looking at places like Bilsk are really trying to look at it in terms of not, this is a one culture's place.

is their city this is their fortification they look at it in terms of different groups using it so we do have evidence of the sithian culture so we have the triad i mentioned so in the burials around bills we have the triad we have proof of it we even have evidence of industry there making things as part of that Scythian triad. So they're making some of those artifacts on site.

is their city this is their fortification they look at it in terms of different groups using it so we do have evidence of the sithian culture so we have the triad i mentioned so in the burials around bills we have the triad we have proof of it we even have evidence of industry there making things as part of that Scythian triad. So they're making some of those artifacts on site.

is their city this is their fortification they look at it in terms of different groups using it so we do have evidence of the sithian culture so we have the triad i mentioned so in the burials around bills we have the triad we have proof of it we even have evidence of industry there making things as part of that Scythian triad. So they're making some of those artifacts on site.

So clearly they're producing for the Scythians as well. But we also have evidence that shows that the original forts were made by migrants coming from more central Europe who have come east. and possibly from around maybe the Northern Balkans. It's hard to entirely map out exactly where they've come from, but they seem to be coming from those sort of regions and have come and done it.

So clearly they're producing for the Scythians as well. But we also have evidence that shows that the original forts were made by migrants coming from more central Europe who have come east. and possibly from around maybe the Northern Balkans. It's hard to entirely map out exactly where they've come from, but they seem to be coming from those sort of regions and have come and done it.

So clearly they're producing for the Scythians as well. But we also have evidence that shows that the original forts were made by migrants coming from more central Europe who have come east. and possibly from around maybe the Northern Balkans. It's hard to entirely map out exactly where they've come from, but they seem to be coming from those sort of regions and have come and done it.

And interestingly, it's one of the few Scythian groups that Herodotus describes as autochthonous, so indigenous. So he describes the group who built a city called Golonas, which may be Bilsk, we don't know. Could be Bilsk, seems to sound a bit like Bilsk. But he describes the people who made it as autochthonous, as of the earth.

And interestingly, it's one of the few Scythian groups that Herodotus describes as autochthonous, so indigenous. So he describes the group who built a city called Golonas, which may be Bilsk, we don't know. Could be Bilsk, seems to sound a bit like Bilsk. But he describes the people who made it as autochthonous, as of the earth.

And interestingly, it's one of the few Scythian groups that Herodotus describes as autochthonous, so indigenous. So he describes the group who built a city called Golonas, which may be Bilsk, we don't know. Could be Bilsk, seems to sound a bit like Bilsk. But he describes the people who made it as autochthonous, as of the earth.

So they're born where they live, which of course goes against the whole idea of nomadism. So we do have evidence of That group, we have evidence obviously of the Scythians. We have evidence of Greeks possibly even living there. We have not just trade items, but what we might call quite mundane day-to-day items like lamps and just torches basically to help see around.

So they're born where they live, which of course goes against the whole idea of nomadism. So we do have evidence of That group, we have evidence obviously of the Scythians. We have evidence of Greeks possibly even living there. We have not just trade items, but what we might call quite mundane day-to-day items like lamps and just torches basically to help see around.

So they're born where they live, which of course goes against the whole idea of nomadism. So we do have evidence of That group, we have evidence obviously of the Scythians. We have evidence of Greeks possibly even living there. We have not just trade items, but what we might call quite mundane day-to-day items like lamps and just torches basically to help see around.

And we also have evidence of the Halstatt culture, which is sort of proto-Celtic, which we associate with slightly further west. You preempted my question there because you mentioned before.