This is a critical review of regional settlement pattern archaeology published in the last
decade. The regional approach proves to be highly productive of new ideas and lasting …

Bioarchaeological evidence of interpersonal violence and early warfare presents important
insights into conflict in past societies. This evidence is critical for understanding the …

This paper explores processes of settlement aggregation among ancestral Huron-Wendat
populations in south-central Ontario, Canada. During the fifteenth century AD, numerous …

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 …

In this book, Kenneth Hirth provides a comparative view of the organization of ancient and
premodern society and economy. Hirth establishes that humans adapted to their …

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 …

Infrastructure makes up a considerable portion of the material culture that archaeologists
study. Whether measured in terms of spatial extension or just sheer mass, infrastructural …

Interpretations of prehistoric enclosures worldwide have varied from those that see the
primary role of enclosures as defensive features to others that explore the symbolic, ritual …

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 …

The megalithic sites from southwest Iberia represent one of the largest clusters of prehistoric
monuments in Europe from the Neolithic and Copper Age (fifth and third millennia cal bc) …