Early Scythian fortification

Scythian settlements of the 7th-5th centuries BC has not yet been discovered, however, the methods of siege and assault on fortified cities were already known to them much earlier, as can be seen from the campaigns in Asia Minor and Transcaucasia. The main archaeological monuments of the fortification of European Scythians IV-III centuries BC Belsk, Kamenskoye and Belozersk settlements on the Dnieper, Nemirovskoye in the basin of the Southern Bug, Nadliman settlement on the Dniester, Elizabethan settlement on the Lower Don, etc. are considered. In Central Scythia during the III century BC life ceases in the Kamensky settlement and other settlements, and the Crimea becomes the center of Late Scythia. The article analyzes the Early Scythian fortification and polyorcetics on the basis of data from archaeological and written sources. The most significant fortifications of ancient Scythia are investigated, the most characteristic architectural forms and building techniques are noted.