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War and Rumors of War. The Evidential Base for the Recognition of Warfare in Prehistory

Julie Wileman 2009 © BAR Publishing
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The goal of this study is to examine the potential for the understanding and recognition of the processes and occurrence of prehistoric warfare through the development of a series of correlates, resulting in testable models that can be applied to the archaeological record. Such models need to be flexible and applicable across different periods and in a variety of geographical areas. To this purpose, examples of evidence are included from a wide spectrum of sources. After offering definitions of warfare and considering the nature of its archaeological evidence, the correlates and models will, for comparative purposes, be applied to a number of case studies which are located in later prehistoric societies. This study, therefore, provides models (from the UK, France and the US), for investigation, suggests some areas for research and data-gathering, and highlight potentials and problems for the interpretation of evidence, providing some frameworks for future appreciations of the concept of prehistoric war. If evidence can be sought and recognised for warfare on more extended scales, it may be possible to approach the questions of the prevalence, scale and influence of conflict on the development of societies with a little more certainty. The aim is to encourage further debate on the range of potential evidence and its value in this sphere of archaeological research.
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  • BAR pre-2020
  • BAR International Series pre-2020
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407335032 (ebook)
  • 9781407305165 (paperback)
BAR Number
  • S1984
Subject
  • Scandinavia
  • Conflict / Military / Fortifications
  • Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
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  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE - THE PROCESS OF WAR
  • CHAPTER ONE
  • CHAPTER TWO - PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF WAR
  • CHAPTER THREE - TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
  • CHAPTER FOUR - THE EFFECTS OF WAR
  • PART TWO - THE IDENTIFICATION OF WAR
  • CHAPTER FIVE - CORRELATES OF WAR
  • THE CASE STUDIES
  • CASE STUDIES INTRODUCTION
  • CASE STUDY I - THE MIDDLE THAMES REGION IN THE LATER BRONZE AGE
  • CASE STUDY II - GALLIA BELGICA
  • CASE STUDY III - THE SALT RIVER AREA, ARIZONA c 1250-1450AD
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • APPENDIX A
  • APPENDIX B
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
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