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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
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