stackyFACTSLiving on an incredibly remote island unfortunately doesn't actually stop your immediate neighbors from highly aggressive raids.
Living on an incredibly remote island unfortunately doesn't actually stop your immediate neighbors from highly aggressive raids. Traditional Maori communities extensively engineered heavily terraced fortifications completely into the sides of steep hillsides. These highly strategic strongholds featured extremely tight funnels, massive palisades, and heavily dug trenches, effectively turning a basic dirt hill into an entirely unassailable fortress.
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