Bronze Age Warfare

by Osgood, Richard; Monks, Sarah; Toms, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780750923637
• ISBN10: 0750923636
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

Bronze Age Warfare offers an intriguing insight into war and society in Europe 4000 years ago.

Author Biography

Richard Osgood is based at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford Judith Toms is a Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Sarah Monks
Richard Osgood
Defining Warfare	4	(2)
Terminology	6	(3)
Northern and Western Europe	9	(28)
Richard Osgood
Introduction	9	(1)
Settlements and Fortifications	10	(5)
Burials and Palaeopathology	15	(8)
Weaponry and Armour	23	(7)
Iconography	30	(2)
Conclusions	32	(5)
Spain	37	(28)
Sarah Monks
Introduction	37	(4)
Settlement Patterns and Fortifications	41	(4)
Burial and Skeletal Evidence	45	(3)
Weapons and Warrior Accoutrements	48	(7)
Iconography	55	(6)
Conclusions	61	(4)
Central and Eastern Europe	65	(24)
Richard Osgood
Introduction	65	(1)
Settlements and Fortifications	65	(5)
Burials and Palaeopathology	70	(6)
Weaponry	76	(3)
Defensive Equipment	79	(4)
Iconography	83	(2)
Conclusions	85	(4)
Italy	89	(26)
Judith Toms
Introduction	89	(2)
Chronological Note	91	(1)
Settlements and Fortifications	92	(4)
Weapons and Armour	96	(6)
Defensive Equipment	102	(2)
Burials and Palaeopathology	104	(3)
Iconography	107	(4)
Conclusions	111	(4)
The Aegean	115	(23)
Sarah Monks
Introduction	115	(1)
The Neolithic Aegean	116	(1)
The Bronze Age	117	(1)
Settlements and Fortifications	117	(4)
Burial Evidence	121	(1)
Palaeopathology	122	(1)
Weaponry	123	(2)
Shields	125	(1)
Helmets	126	(2)
Corselets and Greaves	128	(2)
Iconography	130	(2)
Warfare at Sea	132	(2)
Linear B Archives	134	(1)
Conclusions	134	(2)
The End of the Bronze Age	136	(2)
Conclusions	138	(13)
Sarah Monks
Richard Osgood
Warfare at the Start of the Bronze Age	139	(3)
Summary	142	(1)
Warfare in the Middle and Late Bronze Age	142	(2)
Defensive Equipment	144	(1)
Iconography	144	(1)
Mobility	145	(2)
Causes of Conflict	147	(1)
Summary	148	(3)
Glossary	151	(4)
Bibliography	155	(6)
Index	161