LEADER 05175nam 22006973u 450 001 9910145742403321 005 20210114070331.0 010 $a1-281-31054-9 010 $a9786611310547 010 $a0-470-77381-2 010 $a0-470-77539-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413045 035 $a(EBL)351584 035 $a(OCoLC)437218809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198135 035 $a(PQKB)10789890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351584 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7076214 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7076214 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413045 100 $a20131014d2008|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Origins of War$b[electronic resource] $eViolence in Prehistory 210 $aHoboken $cWiley$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-1259-X 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Bloodshed at the Beginning of History; War: An Ongoing Feature of Literature and Religion; Archeology: Tracking Down History; War in Prehistory: From the Garrigues of Languedoc to the Temples of Malta; Corsica: Conquered and Reconquered; Violence and Aggression Before Humans; Warfare: Nature or Culture?; Exchange or Battle?; Was there a Paleolithic "War"?; Ritual Warfare and War between "Great Men"; Prehistoric Man: Neither Brutish Nor Docile; The Issue of Sacrifice; Is Prehistoric Violence "Readable"?; 1 Violence in Hunter-Gatherer Society 327 $aNeanderthal Man and CannibalismPrehistoric Cannibalism; Suspicious Disappearances in Charente (France); Cain's Predecessors; Violence in the Artwork of the Quaternary Era; Sicily: Torture in 10,000 bce?; From the Throwing-Stick to the Bow and Arrow; The First Bows; Conflict in Sudan; Coveted Land; Conflict during the Mesolithic; The Enemy: Mutilated and Tortured; 2 Agriculture: A Calming or Aggravating Influence?; The Neolithic in Europe: A Peaceful or Dangerous Conquest?; The Talheim Massacre; Disturbances during the Neolithic; Fontbregoua (France): Another Case of Cannibalism? 327 $aCannibalistic Farmers?Neolithic Art, a Medium of Violence?; Battle Scenes in the Sierras of the Spanish Levant; Injuries and Capital Executions; Causes for Quarrel; Hunters and/or Farmers in Confrontation; The Strong and the Weak; 3 Humans as Targets: 4,000 to 8,000 Years Ago; The Contrasting Geography of Violence; A Progressive Intensification of Conflict?; War upon the Plateaus of Southern France?; The Difficulties of Making an Assessment; Effective Weapons of Death; Injury and Trepanation; Did Collective Burial Sites Sometimes Serve as Communal Graves? 327 $aLessons from the San Juan Ante Portam Latinam Burial Site (Alava, Spain)Ballistic Accuracy; 4 The Warrior: An Ideological Construction; The Importance of the Male; Accompanying a Man in Death; A Full Quiver: For Hunting, for Fighting, or for Show; Arrows and Jewels: Masculine/Feminine; Menhir-Statues: The First Armed Steles; From Mount Bego to the Italian Alps; Masculinity/Femininity: Reversing the Symbols; Open Villages and Fortified Settlements; Proto-Warriors of the West; 5 The Concept of the Hero Emerges; Weapons and their Significance; The Warrior Becomes a Feature of Barbarian Europe 327 $aThe Sword: King of WeaponsRamparts, Forts, and Citadels; The East: Chariots in Battle; The Development of a Cavalry; Tracing the Footsteps of Heroes; Steles: Marking Combatants for Posterity; Multiple Sacrifices; Mutilated Bodies Preserved in Peat Bogs; Conclusion; Appendices; 1: Evidence of Arrow-Inflicted Injuries from the Neolithic Age in France; 2: Chronological Distribution of the 44 Confirmed Sites; Notes; Bibliography; Works by Jean Guilaine; Index 330 $aStretching across continents and centuries, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritual sacrifices, and other acts of violence committed in the prehistoric world. Written as an accessible guide to the nature of life in prehistory and to the underpinnings of human violence. Combines symbolic interpretations of archaeological remains with a medical understanding of violent acts. Written by an eminent prehistorian and a respected medical doctor. 606 $aWarfare, Prehistoric 606 $aWarfare, Prehistoric 606 $aPrehistoric Anthropology$2HILCC 606 $aAnthropology$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aWarfare, Prehistoric. 615 4$aWarfare, Prehistoric. 615 7$aPrehistoric Anthropology 615 7$aAnthropology 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a303.66 700 $aGuilaine$b Jean$0143475 701 $aZammit$b Jean$0736164 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910145742403321 996 $aThe Origins of War$91954860 997 $aUNINA