At the borders of the Great Steppe - Alexandru Berzovan

LATE IRON AGE HILLFORTS BETWEEN THE EASTERN CARPATHIANS AND PRUT 5TH 3RD CENTURIES BC Eastwards beyond the foggy wooded ridges of the Eastern Carpathians lies a land dominated by rolling hills and knolls covered in earlier periods by extensive forests and patches of plain. From northwest to southeast flow several large rivers known since ancient times Siret Prut Dniester with their numerous tributaries. Corresponding roughly to the historical province of Moldova this land is literally at the western edge of the great Eurasian Steppe from the Introduction