TY - JOUR T1 - Comparative Study of Southern Urals Fortified Settlements in 18th-16th Century BC AU - Aleksandrovich, Ulchitskiy Oleg AU - Konstantinovna, Kazaneva Ekaterina AU - Michailovna, Veremey Olga AU - Konstantinovna, Bulatova Evgeniya AU - Damirovna, Hismatullina Dina JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 5 EP - 9 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2016.5.9 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2016.5.9 KW - Fortified settlements KW -the Southern Urals KW -Bronze Age KW -Arkaim KW -Sintashta KW -comparative method AB - The study examines the ancient fortified settlements of the Southern Urals, dating from the Bronze Age (3-1 millennium BC). These objects are considered as fortifications, the oldest industrial and residential or artisanal-residential complexes, localized on a separate territory. During the study the morphology of their formation is described and their typological belonging to the architecture of the ancient Indo-European fortifications is revealed that allows us to consider them in a general context with more recent types of similar objects in Eurasia. The relations of Sintashta-Petrine culture with ancient architectural and town-planning traditions of Central Asia are considered. According to the study results the comparative analysis of planning structures at the fortified Southern Urals settlements of the Bronze Age with identified counterparts at the time of the study. ER -