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Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict

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bioarchaeological analysis
blunt
Blunt Force Trauma
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Comminuted Fracture
conflict archaeology
cranial
Cranial Trauma
Cranio Facial Trauma
Da Ta
Data
Depressed Cranial Fracture
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eq_nobargain
Explosive Munitions
force
forensic anthropology methods
Gr Av
grave
Head Wounds
human remains research
Ju Ri Es
Kibuye Prefecture
LDS Church
mass
Pe Rc
peri-mortem
Peri-mortem Fractures
Peri-mortem Injuries
Peri-mortem Trauma
Perimortem Trauma
Pheasant Wood
remains
sharp
Sharp Force Injury
Sharp Force Trauma
Shrapnel Ball
Si Te
skeletal trauma interpretation
social impact of ancient violence
Tr Au
trauma
vault
violence in antiquity
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415842198
  • Weight: 1550g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Nov 2013
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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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.
About
Christopher Knüsel is Associate Professor in Bioarchaeology in the Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter. Works include Blood Red Roses: The Archaeology of a Mass Grave from Towton, A.D 1461 (co-ed., 2000, 2007); Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains (co-ed., 2006), Velim: Violence and Death in Bronze Age Bohemia (2007), co-authored with Anthony Harding, Radka Šumberová, and Alan Outram. He is currently working on Funerary Archaeology: A Bioarchaeological Synthesis and serves as Co-Head of the Human Remains Team at Neolithic Çatalhöyük (Turkey). Martin J. Smith is Senior Lecturer in Forensic and Biological Anthropology in the School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth University. He recently published the first book to deal specifically with human remains from Neolithic Britain: People of the Long Barrows: Life, Death and Burial in the Earlier Neolithic, co-authored with Megan Brickley (2009), he has also authored a range of papers dealing with aspects of burial practice, post mortem damage to the skeleton and the recognition of violent injuries to human bone.