Archaeology of Violence

Sarah Ralph is a College Fellow in Archaeology at Harvard University.

• IllustrationsTables1. Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of ViolenceSarah RalphSection I: The Contexts of Violence IntroductionSarunas Milisaukas2. War Without Warriors?: The Nature of Interpersonal Conflict before the Emergence of Formalized Warrior ElitesRick J. Schulting3. Warfare in Northern European Bronze Age Societies: Twentieth-Century Presentations and Recent Archaeological Research InquiriesHelle Vandkilde4. Violence as an Aspect of Durotriges Female Life CourseRebecca C. Redfern5. Facing the Sword: Confronting the Realities of Martial Violence and Other Mayhem, Present and PastSimon T. JamesSection II: The Politics and Identities of Violence IntroductionBradley A. Ault6. Violent Discourses: Visual Cannibalism and the Portraits of Rome’s "Bad" EmperorsEric R. Varner7. "An Offense to Honor Is Never Forgiven…": Violence and Landscape Archaeology in Highland Northern AlbaniaMichael L. Galaty8. "Persuade the People": Violence and Roman Spectacle Entertainment in the Greek WorldMichael J. Carter9. Past War and European Identity: Making Conflict Archaeology UsefulJohn CarmanSection III: Sanctified Violence IntroductionPeter F. Biehl10. The State of Sacrifice: Divine Power and Political Aspiration in Third Millennium Mesopotamia and BeyondAnne Porter11. The Violent Ways of Galatian GordionMary M. Voigt12. An Archaeological Interpretation of Irish Iron Age Bog BodiesEamonn P. Kelly13. The Archaeology of Destruction: Christians, Images of Classical Antiquity, and Some Problems of InterpretationJohn PolliniSection IVEpilogueKeith F. OtterbeinContributorsIndex

"...a worthwhile volume … It will be useful reading for anyone interested in the nature of conflict and violence in European prehistory." — European Journal of Archaeology