This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather
than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and …

In this article it is demonstrated through empirical observation that Bronze Age swords were
functional and efficient weapons. Their use in real combat is testified by recurring patterns of …

" This book is about the prehistory of Scandinavia, from the first inhabitants to their Viking
descendants. Scandinavia in this study includes the modern countries of Denmark, Sweden …

This innovative study offers an up-to-date analysis of the archaeology of the North Sea.
Robert Van de Noort traces the way people engaged with the North Sea from the end of the …

It is notable how little gender archaeology has been written for the European Neolithic, in
contrast to the following Bronze Age. We cannot blame this absence on a lack of empirical …

In recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in information from archaeological
skeletons about violent encounters that took place within and among societies, especially …

This second of two companion chapters intends to demonstrate that prehistoric war was not
ubiquitous, that it is in fact rare in very early archaeological records, and becomes common …

The Bronze Age, so named because of the technological advances in metalworking and
countless innovations in the manufacture and design of tools and weapons, is among the …

War and conflict have been a harsh reality of human existence in recent world history.
Archaeological sources reveal this was also the case in prehistory, going back to the very …

Site size hierarchy is an archaeological pattern commonly used to identify regional political
hierarchy in state-level and stateless middle-range societies. Although a number of …