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Titre(s) : Prehistoric warfare and violence [Texte électronique] : quantitative and qualitative approaches / Andrea Dolfini, Rachel J. Crellin, Christian Horn, Marion Uckelmann, editors
Publication : Cham, Switzerland : Springer, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 ressource en ligne
Collection : Quantitative methods in the humanities and social sciences
Lien à la collection : Quantitative methods in the humanities and social sciences (Online)
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"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. The study of
warfare and violence in prehistoric and pre-literate societies has been at the forefront
of archaeological debate since the publication of Keeley's provocative monograph 'War
Before Civilization' (Oxford 1996). The problem has been approached from a number
of standpoints including anthropological and behavioural studies of interpersonal
violence, osteological examinations of sharp lesions and blunt-force traumas, wear
analysis of ancient weaponry, and field experiments with replica weapons and armour.
This research, however, is often confined within the boundaries of the various disciplines
and specialist fields. In particular, a gap can often be detected between the research
approaches grounded in the humanities and social sciences and those based on the archaeological
sciences. The consequence is that, to this day, the subject is dominated by a number
of undemonstrated assumptions regarding the nature of warfare, combat, and violence
in non-literate societies. Moreover, important methodological questions remain unanswered
: can we securely distinguish between violence-related and accidental trauma on skeletal
remains? To what extent can wear analysis shed light on long-forgotten fighting styles?
Can we design meaningful combat tests based on historic martial arts? And can the
study of rock-art unlock the social realities of prehistoric warfare? By breaking
the mould of entrenched subject boundaries, this edited volume promotes interdisciplinary
debate in the study of prehistoric warfare and violence by presenting a number of
innovative approaches that integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of research
and analysis."
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 365 p.
Sujet(s) : Archéologie de la guerre
Guerre -- Jusqu'à 1500
Indice(s) Dewey :
355.009 (23e éd.) = Science militaire - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319788289. - ISBN 3319788280. - ISBN 9783319788272 (erroné). - ISBN 3319788272
(erroné)
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Table des matières : 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
IntroductionMaterials 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
Layout of Weapons in Early Samnite BurialsResearch 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 ArtIntroduction;
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
