Left-turning baffles also were useful against (typically) right-handed bowmen.” Author Geoff Manaugh Posted on JanuApCategories BLDGBLOG Tags Archaeology, Architecture, Baffles, Bastions, Castles, Design, Enceintes, Fortifications, Forts, Gates, History, Journal of Archaeological Research, Lawrence H.

“Ideally, they require attackers to turn left exposing their unshielded right side. “Baffled gates force attackers who enter them to expose their flanks and rear to defenders’ fire,” the authors write. Through a navigational encounter with architecture, attackers are forced to show their vulnerabilities. Her titles include Missing, The Perfect Father, and Miller Avenue Murder that is due to release September 15th, 2021. Their diagrams of “baffled” entryways, seen above, are particularly interesting-a kind of archaeological variation on floor plan porn-revealing the various techniques used to at fortified points of entry to gain an advantage over invaders. Indie author Nenny May is a Young Adult and New Adult thriller author whose new vision revolves around telling stories about strong black girls using their. Nenny May though quite young writes psychological and legal thrillers, romantic suspense, and mystery novels. Enceintes are barriers that prevent access to and, almost always, obscure vision of a particular location.”

In their own words, “the militarily functional ditch and gate features and bastions discussed below, in fact and by definition, are all distinguished by being part of enceintes (that is, surrounding barriers or enclosures). Keeley, Marisa Fontana, and Russell Quick offer a detailed history of militarized building design features such as “V-sectioned ditches, defended gates, and bastions.”Īll of the features they subsequently analyze occur at peripheries, borders, and thresholds. In a paper called “Baffles and Bastions,” published in the Journal of Archaeological Research, anthropologists Lawrence H.

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