LEADER 02815nam 2200457 450 001 9910619479803321 005 20240131183348.0 010 $a9781803270531$bPDF 010 $a1803270535$bPDF 010 $a9781803270524$bpaperback 010 $a1803270527$bpaperback 035 $a(CKB)4900000001456999 035 $a(NjHacI)994900000001456999 035 $a(ScCtBLL)6b41cf19-646e-4884-b02d-18b12a2a1c34 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000001456999 100 $a20230612h20222022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPractice and Prestige $ean exploration of Neolithic warfare, Bell Beaker archery, and social stratification from an anthropological perspective /$fJessica Ryan-Despraz 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress Publishing Ltd,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 117 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aArchaeopress Archaeology 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aPractice and Prestige: An Exploration of Neolithic Warfare, Bell Beaker Archery, and Social Stratification from an Anthropological Perspective investigates the appearance of the 'archer's package' in select Bell Beaker burials raising questions of daily life, warfare, and social stratification during the Neolithic period. It draws on a recent study by the author that applied an anthropological methodology to assess the bone morphology of these skeletons for signs of specialised archery activity. These analyses revealed results at both a population as well as an individual level. In order to contextualise these osteological findings, the book explores the evidence for warfare and archery throughout the Neolithic period in general and the Bell Beaker period in particular. This perspective considers warfare to be a primary function of archery, thereby associating 'archer' burials with concepts of warfare and the warrior. A second perspective delves into prehistoric concepts of specialisation and social hierarchy in order to situate archers, archery, and warfare within potentially stratified populations. These two perspectives allow for the contextualisation of the anthropological results within a broad archaeological framework in which archers and archery were prominent parts of a complex Bell Beaker society. 410 0$aArchaeopress archaeology. 606 $aBell beaker culture 606 $aBow and arrow$xHistory 615 0$aBell beaker culture. 615 0$aBow and arrow$xHistory. 676 $a936 700 $aRyan-Despraz$b Jessica$01279762 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 801 2$bUkLUC 912 $a9910619479803321 996 $aPractice and Prestige$93015963 997 $aUNINA