Prehistoric Warfare and Violence : Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches.

1. Verfasser: Dolfini, Andrea.
Weitere Verfasser: Crellin, Rachel J.
Horn, Christian, 1978-
Uckelmann, Marion.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham : Springer, 2018.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (361 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences Ser.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Prehistoric Warfare and Violence : Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches (Print version:)
Online Zugang: Available online
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Prehistoric Warfare and Violence: Past, Present, and Future -- A Tale of Two Pasts -- How the Book Is Organised -- Towards a Multipolar Future for the Study of Warfare and Violence? -- References -- Part I: Skeletal Markers of Violence and Weapon Training -- Chapter 2: Patterns of Collective Violence in the Early Neolithic of Central Europe -- Introduction -- Burial and Violence in the Linearbandkeramik -- Sites of Collective Violence and/or Deviant Mass Burial -- Talheim, Germany (Fig. 2.1, Site A) (Wahl and König 1987 -- Wahl and Strien 2007 -- Wahl and Trautmann 2012) -- Asparn/Schletz, Austria (Fig. 2.1, Site B) (Teschler-Nicola et al. 1996, 1999, 2006 -- Teschler-Nicola 2012) -- Wiederstedt, Germany (Fig. 2.1, Site C) (Meyer et al. 2004, 2013, 2014) -- Schöneck-Kilianstädten, Germany (Fig. 2.1, Site D) (Lohr 2013 -- Meyer et al. 2013, 2014, 2015a -- Lohr et al. 2017) -- Further Sites -- The Mass Grave of Halberstadt -- Demographic Patterns of Collective Violence Victims in the Early Neolithic -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Perimortem Lesions on Human Bones from the Bronze Age Battlefield in the Tollense Valley: An Interdisciplinary Approach -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Hipbone Lesion -- Cranial Calotte with Embedded Arrowhead -- Femur with Embedded Object -- Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Martial Practices and Warrior Burials: Humeral Asymmetry and Grave Goods in Iron Age Male Inhumations from Central Italy -- Introduction -- Archaeological Proxies of Martial Practices Among Iron Age Samnites from the Central Apennines -- Aim of the Study and Expected Outcomes -- Materials and Method -- Materials -- Status Index Analysis -- Assessing Humeral Biomechanical Asymmetry (HUMBA) and its Directionality. 
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505 8 |a Layout of Weapons in Early Samnite Burials -- Research Results -- Discussion -- Teasing Apart Warrior Burials and Burials of Warriors -- Asymmetry, Handedness, and the Role of Weapon Training in Early Samnite Burials -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Conflict in Prehistoric Rock Art -- Chapter 5: War and Peace in Iberian Prehistory: The Chronology and Interpretation of the Depictions of Violence in Levantine Rock Art -- Introduction -- Levantine Rock Art: Graphic Evidence of a Violent Past -- Foragers Versus Foragers? -- Foragers Versus Farmers? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Fast Like a War Canoe: Pragmamorphism in Scandinavian Rock Art -- Introduction -- Rock Art and Warriors in Southern Scandinavia -- Morphing Things into Body Parts -- Pragmamorphism: Body Parts and Material Qualities -- Strong Like a Bronze Sword, Fast Like a War Canoe: Interpreting Bronze Age Rock Art -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: "In the Beginning There Was the Spear": Digital Documentation Sheds New Light on Early Bronze Age Spear Carvings from Sweden -- Introduction -- Odin's Spear Gungnir -- Three-Dimensional Documentation with Structure for Motion (SFM) -- The Mighty Spearman from Litsleby -- The Chronology of the Litsleby Panel -- The Litsleby Spearheads: Typology and Chronology -- The Spear and Warrior from Finntorp (Tanum, Bohuslän) -- The Waving Spear from Kalleby (Tanum, Bohuslän) -- The Spear Outlines from Tuna (Bälinge, Uppland) -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Rock Art, Secret Societies, Long-Distance Exchange, and Warfare in Bronze Age Scandinavia -- Introduction -- Warriors Depicted in Rock Art -- Rock Art and Bronze Age Scandinavian Society -- Secret Societies -- Secret Societies Cross-Culturally -- Warfare, Slavery, and Long-Distance Exchange -- Boat Guilds, Long-Distance Exchange, and Warfare. 
505 8 |a The Making of Rock Art (Petroglyphs/Pictographs) -- Other Ritual Activities Involving Theatre, Sacred Masks, and Dances, Along with a Shared Symbology with an Esoteric Meaning -- The Warrior/Trader/Ritual Specialist Secret Society -- Bronze Age Scandinavian Slave Raids -- Bronze Age Scandinavian Boat Guilds, Long-Distance Exchange, and Warfare -- Bronze Age Scandinavian Rock Art, Ritual Activity, Sacred Masks, Dances, and Secret Societies -- Conclusions -- References -- Part III: The Material Culture of Conflict -- Chapter 9: Body Armour in the European Bronze Age -- Introduction -- Chronology and Typology -- Helmets -- Greaves -- Cuirasses -- Manufacture -- Helmets -- Greaves -- Cuirasses -- Use -- Helmets -- Greaves -- Cuirasses -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 10: Conflict at Europe's Crossroads: Analysing the Social Life of Metal Weaponry in the Bronze Age Balkans -- Introduction -- Breathing Life into Tools of Death -- Taking Up Arms -- Spearheads -- Axes -- Shields and Armour -- Metallurgy -- Microstructures -- Metalwork Wear Analysis -- What Broken Weapons in Hoards Tell Us About Weapon Production -- Warfare -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Ritual or Lethal? Bronze Weapons in Late Shang China -- Introduction -- The Late Shang at Anyang -- Wear Analysis -- Past Applications -- The Dataset -- Analytical Methodology and Protocol -- Observations and Results -- Manufacturing and/or Repair Marks -- Use Marks -- Depositional Treatment -- Post-recovery Alterations -- Reassessing the Function of Shang Weapons: A 'Ritual' Object in Focus -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Standardised Manufacture of Iron Age Weaponry from Southern Scandinavia: Constructing and Provenancing the Havor Lance -- Introduction and Archaeological Background -- Methods and Materials -- Metallographic Analysis. 
505 8 |a Conservation Effects -- Construction -- Ferritic Iron, Phosphoric Iron, and Steel -- Carburisation -- Heat Treatment -- Slag Inclusion Analysis -- Identifying Compositional Groups -- Preliminary Provenance Hypotheses -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Intergroup Violence in Archaeological Discourse -- Chapter 13: An Experimental Approach to Prehistoric Violence and Warfare? -- Introduction -- Thinking About Weapons and Violence in Bronze Age Contexts -- Using Metalwork to Learn About Violence and Warfare -- Experiments with Weapons -- Strengths and Shortcomings of Experimental Research into Violence and Warfare -- The Bronze Age Combat Project -- Designing the Bronze Age Combat Project -- Experimental Design to Experimental Reality -- Evaluating the Bronze Age Combat Project -- Connecting the Experiments with Prehistoric Weapons -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Value, Craftsmanship and Use in Late Bronze Age Cuirasses -- Introduction -- Metallurgy in Warfare -- Iconic Cuirasses -- Exploring the Concept of Value in Archaeology -- The Dialogue Between Archaeology and Materiality -- Concluding Remarks: Metal, Value and Warfare -- References -- Chapter 15: Untangling Bronze Age Warfare: The Case of Argaric Society -- Introduction -- Iberian Bronze Age Societies -- Untangling the Evidence of Conflict and Warfare -- Settlement Patterns and Fortifications -- Specialised Weaponry -- Human Remains -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16: Conclusion: The Science of Conflict -- Introduction -- The Contribution of the Archaeological Sciences -- Identity and Origins -- Dates and Demography -- Conclusions -- References -- Index. 
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