Bronze Age Warfare: Manufacture and Use of Weaponry

Uckelmann, Marion; Mödlinger, Marianne

doi:doi:10.30861/9781407308227

Bronze Age Warfare: Manufacture and Use of Weaponry

Marion Uckelmann and Marianne Mödlinger 2011 © BAR Publishing

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The articles in this volume cover aspects relating to archaeometallurgy, functional analyses, experimental work and archaeology and focus on multidisciplinary approaches for studying archaeological artefacts.

Series

BAR pre-2020
BAR International Series pre-2020

ISBN(s)

9781407338118 (ebook)
9781407308227 (paperback)

BAR Number

S2255

Subject

Death / Burial / Cemeteries / Tombs
Conflict / Military / Fortifications
Metal Objects
Metallurgy / Mining
Western Europe and Britain
Bronze Age and Iron Age
Central and Eastern Europe

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Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO ‘BRONZE AGE WARFARE: MANUFACTURE AND USE OF WEAPONRY’
SPEARHEADS AND SWORDS – THE MAKING OF BRONZE OBJECTS
USE-WEAR ON BRONZE AGE HALBERDS: THE CASE OF IBERIA
CEREMONIAL OR DEADLY SERIOUS? NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FUNCTION OF IRISH EARLY BRONZE AGE HALBERDS
DELIBERATE DESTRUCION OF HALBERDS
USE-WEAR ANALYSIS AND USE-PATTERNS OF BRONZE AGE SWORDS
CHELSEA AND BALLINTOBER SWORDS: TYPOLOGY, CHRONOLOGY AND USE
IRISH SWORDS: USE AND ABUSE
INTEGRATING FORM, FUNCTION AND TECHNOLOGY IN ANCIENT SWORDS. THE CONCEPT OF QUALITY
SLASH AND STAB: SOME REMARKS ON THE MANUFACTURE, FUNCTION AND DEPOSITION OF CARP’S-TONGUE SWORDS (SUMMARY)
THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW TACHLOVICE SWORD AT PONT-SUR-SEINE, AUBE, FRANCE
RITUAL OBJECT OR POWERFUL WEAPON – THE USAGE OF CENTRAL EUROPE BRONZE AGE SWORDS
NEUTRON RESONANCE CAPTURE ANALYSIS AND THE BRONZE AGE
THE SINTASHTA BOW OF THE BRONZE AGE OF THE SOUTH TRANS-URALS, RUSSIA
THE FUNCTION OF BRONZE AGE SHIELDS
METALLURGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MACEDONIAN SHIELDS OF STARO BONČE (3RD CENTURY BC)
THE RESULTS OF THE X-RAYS EXAMINATIONS OF SWORDS FROM POLAND
EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF SPEARHEADS USE-WEAR ANALYSIS

Bronze Age Warfare: Manufacture and Use of Weaponry

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