The Routledge handbook of the bioarchaeology of human conflict

"If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically...

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Call Number :CC 79 .H85 R68 2014

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245 0 4 |a The Routledge handbook of the bioarchaeology of human conflict  |c edited by Christopher Knüsel, Martin Smith 
246 3 |a Handbook of the bioarchaeology of human conflict 
300 |a Abingdon, UK  |b Routledge  |c 2014 
300 |a xlvi, 704 p.  |b ill., maps  |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Part I : Context is everything -- Part II : Since time immemorial? Conflict in prehistory -- Part III : Hierarchies an violence -- Part IV : New world order: conflict in the Americas -- Part V : Modern world emergence. 
520 |a "If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically biased and incomplete, human remains offer clear and unequivocal evidence of physical aggression reaching as far back as we have burials to examine. Warfare is often described as 'senseless' and as having no place in society. Consequently, its place in social relations and societal change remains obscure. The studies in The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict present an overview of the nature and development of human conflict from prehistory to recent times as evidenced by the remains of past people themselves in order to explore the social contexts in which such injuries were inflicted. A broadly chronological approach is taken from prehistory through to recent conflicts, however this book is not simply a catalogue of injuries illustrating weapon development or a narrative detailing 'progress' in warfare but rather provides a framework in which to explore both continuity and change based on a range of important themes which hold continuing relevance throughout human development" 
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650 0 |a Human remains (Archaeology) 
650 0 |a War wounds  |x History 
650 0 |a Wounds and injuries  |x History 
650 0 |a War and society  |x History 
650 0 |a Violence  |x History 
650 0 |a Funeral rites and ceremonies  |x History 
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