A Time Journey to An Embanked Village by sandra46
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Description
This is a reconstruction I made for an exhibition, using a number of photos to represent a type of Bronze Age embanked village of Veneto (northeast Italy). Usually these villages were pile dwellings on dry land, built on a higher point in a plain, on an artificial embankment, near a stream, usually surrounded by irrigation ditches, patches of cultivated land (mostly wheat, spelt, barley, emmer, lentils and peas), and pastures, and forest land. The composition of bred animals depended on the area, but it was a triad made of bovines, sheep and goats and pigs. These villagers usually had friendly relations with villagers living in the high pastures where they led their herds and flocks in summer. The village was surrounded by palisades, but there were areas free from huts, where to protect the best heads of cattle, and areas for the artisans'workshops. So this is a view from inside the palisade.
A village similar to this one, six hectares large (about 15 acres), occupied the area of the hospital in Padova, near a bent of the ancient bed of the river Brenta.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (39)
Radar_rad-dude
A most excellent recreation, Sandra! Very fine artwork and a most enjoyable read! Bravo!
wysiwig
Ah, country living at its finest! This is really well done. I thought this was just one photo. You have taken us back thousands of years for a peek at our ancestors.
Star4mation
Excellently done Sandra :)
durleybeachbum
Brilliant! What a very clever woman you are, Sandra!
ascoli00
Good picture
drifterlee
Wonderful shot!!
bakapo
oh, well done!
magnus073
You did a really marvelous job in creating this little village Sandra. It's obvious you didn't invested a lot of time in this, and I can't get over all of the details. Thank you also for the detailed background information which served to bring it all to life.
mgtcs
Spectacular environment Sandra, marvelous place, colors and lighting!
brycek
This looks wonderful..excellent!!
bazza
Great work on this display Sandra..Excellent!
Faemike55
Learning all the time Very cool Sandra! thank you
eekdog
love thework of this area my friend. amazing realism. Happy New Year..
claude19
wow! what a great shot !!! Beautiful lakeside village.
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work.
tofi
This is a stunning recreation, Sandra! It looks so peaceful and calm! A very beautiful scene and I'm so glad you shared this! It makes me happy to be reminded of the wonderful country side that I miss so much!
Richardphotos
very interesting and superb capture
renecyberdoc
i can smell some mediaval air.good times nobody worried about a sheeps farts lol.
lyron
Excellent work!!!!
carlx
Great composition and mood!!!
dakotabluemoon
Interesting image and history.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful work with this awesome scene!!
JuliSonne
Absolutly fine scene!
Jean_C
Excellent work on this reconstucton, superb image!
Leije
Stunning painting and interesting infos !
dochtersions
This is amazing done, Sandra; and very interesting too!
jocko500
do wonderful looking
clbsmiley
Wow! well created!!
mickeyrony
And that make aso nice picture all together . Thanks tto share whit us all ((5++))
blondeblurr
A fine recreation of the past ... that's a lot of sheep - think: lot's of warm winter clothing, very necessary indeed! BB