Lietuvos archeologija

Overall, nine hillforts were studied by using non-invasive and minimally invasive field techniques (including geomagnetic surveys, drillings, and test pits). Additionally, geological and geomorphological investigations were undertaken in the vicinity of these sites. Samples obtained from the archaeological and geological investigations provided data for further palaeoenvironmental studies and shed light on the chronology of the sites.

equilibrium manner, which defies current models of agricultural frontier movement, and by extension, current understandings of the underlying dynamics of social change. This new model is a modification of Structuration (Giddens 1984), with the emerging field of selforganized criticality within Physics (Bak et. al 1988; Brunk 2002b). These modifications require two additional governing dynamics not included in Giddens’s original formulation. When joined to an agricultural frontiers model with selective information permeability, these governing dynamics allow for societies to undergo punctuated equilibrium change under stress affect conditions. This results in critical behavior without the need for chaotic state change (Bak et. al 1988). This results in the creation of new material culture assemblages, reflecting new societal structures which are in equilibrium with the social and environmental landscape. The model is scale independent in both space and time, presenting some interesting conclusions.