A New Type of Jurchen Defensive Structure Controlling the Medieval Road and Transport System

The article is devoted to a new type of monuments of the Jurchen culture, discovered on the territory of Primorye. Thanks to the method of remote sensing of the earth using high-resolution satellite images in the Google service, it was possible to identify the ramparts of the previously known fortification of the Gusevskoe settlement and for the first time to record an earthen rampart next to it, blocking the mountain pass. From its location and the fortification system next to it, this fortification can be linked to the fortifications that control the Jurchen road and transportation system. The relevance of the study of monuments marking communication routes makes it possible to reconstruct the medieval road system and identify the infrastructure of transport communications.