A wall can look like a border from above, but archaeologists test the idea through gates, roads, visibility, construction layers and excavation context.
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A significant archaeological discovery at the Madytos Kilisetepe residential mound, near the Dardanelles, sheds new light on the organization and defense of Early Bronze Age communities. During the 17th excavation period, Professor Göksel Sazci's team uncovered, beneath approximately seven meters of archaeological layers, a section of a defensive wall dating back to between 2200 and 2100 BC.