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The Archaeology Of Warfare - Prehistories of Raiding and Conquest (Paperback)
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An excellent source of information on the current state of warfare
research in archaeology. [It] chronicles the complex history of
warfare in different time periods and world regions while
simultaneously exploring the environmental and social variables
that appear to have influenced if, when, how, and on what scale
warfare was conducted."--Patricia M. Lambert, Utah State University
"The study of warfare (or slavery) in the archaeological record
requires a level of synthesis, temporal depth, and relational
analysis that challenges the abilities and knowledge of all
archaeologists. This volume presents an intriguing set of essays
that are more than up to this challenge in many world areas. . . .
Archaeologists, avocational archaeologists, and general readers
interested in warfare in different social and ecological settings
will be eager consumers."--David R. Wilcox, Northern Arizona
University These essays explore the development of warfare in
preindustrial, non-Western societies, addressing why some societies
fight endemic wars while others do not and how frequent warfare
affects the basic choices people make about where to live, whom to
fight, on whom to confer power, and how to form social groups.
Archaeological research dispels the myth of a peaceful past and
demonstrates the sobering fact that war played a greater role in
human prehistory than previously thought. These detailed regional
case studies from leading archaeologists show the inextricable web
of warfare and other social institutions and highlight their
complex co-evolution in pre-state and early state societies. The
volume includes chapters on the pre-Columbian cultures of North
America of the last millennium, the origins of statehood in
Mesoamerica and Neolithic China, a centuries-long sequence of
warfare in Andean South America, warring peoples of Oceania, and
East African cultures devastated by the slave trade. In addition,
the contributors offer new insights into how to study warfare in
the past and point toward new directions in this field.
General
Imprint: |
University Press of Florida
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2006 |
First published: |
March 2008 |
Authors: |
Elizabeth N. Arkush
• Mark W. Allen
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Dimensions: |
237 x 154 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
549 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8130-3284-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
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LSN: |
0-8130-3284-9 |
Barcode: |
9780813032849 |
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