Towards an Understanding of Late Bronze Age Sword Combat
Author | : David Leslie Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 2003 |
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Author | : David Leslie Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 2003 |
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Author | : Raphael Hermann |
Publisher | : BAR International |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2020-02-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781407355719 |
Using original experimental methodologies and the best replica weapons to hand, five researchers set out to unlock Bronze Age combat. Their results of the first truly detailed and systematically described combat experiments with replica Late Bronze Age swords, spears and shields are presented in this book.
Author | : Christian Horn |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2018-04-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1316949222 |
Warfare in Bronze Age Society takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society. The Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society with a martial culture, materialized in a package of new efficient weapons that remained in use for millennia to come. Warfare became institutionalized and professionalized during the Bronze Age, and a new class of warriors made their appearance. Evidence for this development is reflected in the ostentatious display of weapons in burials and hoards, and in iconography, from rock art to palace frescoes. These new manifestations of martial culture constructed the warrior as a 'Hero' and warfare as 'Heroic'. The case studies, written by an international team of scholars, discuss these and other new aspects of Bronze Age warfare. Moreover, the essays show that warriors also facilitated mobility and innovation as new weapons would have quickly spread from the Mediterranean to northern Europe.
Author | : Richard Osgood |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2011-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752476025 |
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 most fascinating periods in human history. Archaeology has taught us much about the way of life, habits and homes of Bronze Age people, but as yet little has been written about warfare. What was Bronze Age warfare like? How did people fight and against whom? What weapons were used? Did they fortify their settlements, and, if so, were these intended as defensive or offensive structures? This detailed and fully illustrated study of warfare in Bronze Age Europe, aims to answer these and many other questions.
Author | : Lisa Deutscher |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1783274271 |
A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.
Author | : Richard Osgood |
Publisher | : BAR International Series |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Warfare has often been mentioned as a characteristic of Urnfield cultures in Late Bronze Age Europe but the nature of this conflict has not been studied in detail. Based on a survey of the literature and on a study of Bronze Age arms in the Ashmolean Museum, this book fills that gap.
Author | : Robert Drews |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691209979 |
The Bronze Age came to a close early in the twelfth century b.c. with one of the worst calamities in history: over a period of several decades, destruction descended upon key cities throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, bringing to an end the Levantine, Hittite, Trojan, and Mycenaean kingdoms and plunging some lands into a dark age that would last more than four hundred years. In his attempt to account for this destruction, Robert Drews rejects the traditional explanations and proposes a military one instead.
Author | : Margaretha Kramer-Hajos |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2016-08-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 131679072X |
In this book, Kramer-Hajos examines the Euboean Gulf region in Central Greece to explain its flourishing during the post-palatial period. Providing a social and political history of the region in the Late Bronze Age, she focuses on the interactions between this 'provincial' coastal area and the core areas where the Mycenaean palaces were located. Drawing on network and agency theory, two current and highly effective methodologies in prehistoric Mediterranean archaeology, Kramer-Hajos argues that the Euboean Gulf region thrived when it was part of a decentralized coastal and maritime network, and declined when it was incorporated in a highly centralized mainland-looking network. Her research and analysis contributes new insights to our understanding of the mechanics and complexity of the Bronze Age Aegean collapse.
Author | : Evangelia Kiriatzi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 499 |
Release | : 2016-12-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1316798925 |
The diverse forms of regional connectivity in the ancient world have recently become an important focus for those interested in the deep history of globalisation. This volume represents a significant contribution to this new trend as it engages thematically with a wide range of connectivities in the later prehistory of the Mediterranean, from the later Neolithic of northern Greece to the Levantine Iron Age, and with diverse forms of materiality, from pottery and metal to stone and glass. With theoretical overviews from leading thinkers in prehistoric mobilities, and commentaries from top specialists in neighbouring domains, the volume integrates detailed case studies within a comparative framework. The result is a thorough treatment of many of the key issues of regional interaction and technological diversity facing archaeologists working across diverse places and periods. As this book presents key case studies for human and technological mobility across the eastern Mediterranean in later prehistory, it will be of interest primarily to Mediterranean archaeologists, though also to historians and anthropologists.
Author | : A. F. Harding |
Publisher | : Archaeolingua |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Bronze age |
ISBN | : 9789638046864 |
The Bronze Age of Europe was a time of major changes in society, economy and technology. One of these was the emergence of a warrior class, equipped with a new set of artefacts that can for the first time be called weapons. This book discusses the evidence for the existence of these warriors, and the stages by which they emerged from the Neolithic and Copper Ages, when farming was the main means of subsistence but hunting was also a prestige activity. From beginnings when dagger graves were the norm, in the Early Bronze Age, to the appearance of lavishly equipped sword graves, complete with armour and items for personal adornment, in the Late Bronze Age, the book charts the rise of warrior elites in Europe over the period ca 2500 to 700 BC, drawing on the specific evidence of weapon distributions and deposition contexts. It considers the rise of fortified hilltop sites, and the evidence for territorial organisation based on them. The emergence of warrior bands, with a fighting mode based on inter-group raiding, is seen as a major component of aggression in the later stages of the Bronze Age. This is coupled with a consideration of what such aggression should be called (whether warfare or something else), and how to identify it from the evidence of prehistoric archaeology.