ISBN:
140511259X
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1405112603
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0470773812
,
1281310549
,
9780470773819
,
9781281310545
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 282 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Sentier de la guerre. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Guilaine, Jean Origins of war
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Warfare, Prehistoric
;
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
;
Krieg
;
Gewalttätigkeit
;
Entstehung
Abstract:
Stretching 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. Until recently what little had been written on prehistoric violence and warfare focused on the symbolic interpretations of archeological remains. This engrossing book demonstrates that violence has always been far more than just symbolic by combining such interpretations into prehistory with a medical understanding of these violent acts. The authors, one an eminent prehistorian and the other a respected medical doctor, are the ideal guides through such evidence and enable the reader to understand this violence at a human level, without a sophisticated understanding of history or archeology
Description / Table of Contents:
1.Violence in hunter-gatherer society2.Agriculture : a calming or aggravating influence?3.Humans as targets : 4,000 to 8,000 years ago4.The warrior : an ideological construction5.The concept of the hero emergesApp. 1.Evidence of arrow-inflicted injuries from the Neolithic Age in FranceApp. 2.Chronological distribution of the 44 confirmed sitesWorks by Jean Guilaine.
Note:
"Originally published in 2001 by Editions du Seuil as Le sentier de la guerre : visages de la violence préhistorique"--Verso t.p
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9780470773819
