Prehistoric Warfare and Violence: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Dolfini, A; Crellin, RJ; Horn, C; Uckelmann, M

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-78828-9

Prehistoric Warfare and Violence: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Andrea Dolfini, Rachel Crellin

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Abstract

This is the first book to explore prehistoric warfare and violence by integrating qualitative research methods with quantitative, scientific techniques of analysis such as paleopathology, morphometry, wear analysis, and experimental archaeology. It investigates early warfare and violence from the standpoint of four broad interdisciplinary themes: skeletal markers of violence and weapon training; conflict in prehistoric rock-art; the material culture of conflict; and intergroup violence in archaeological discourse. The book has a wide-ranging chronological and geographic scope, from early Neolithic to late Iron Age and from Western Europe to East Asia. It includes world-renowned sites and artefact collections such as the Tollense Valley Bronze Age battlefield (Germany), the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Tanum (Sweden), and the British Museum collection of bronze weaponry from the late Shang period (China). Original case studies are presented in each section by a diverse international authorship.