Troubled Times
Troubled Times

Author: David W. Frayer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1134385374

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Evidence amassed in Troubled Times indicates that, much like in the modern world, violence was not an uncommon aspect of prehistoric dispute resolution. From the civilizations of the American Southwest to the Mesolithic of Central Europe, the contributors examine violence in hunter-gatherer as well as state societies from both the New and Old Worlds. Drawing upon cross-cultural analyses, archaeological data, and skeletal remains, this collection of papers offers evidence of domestic violence, homicide, warfare, cannibalism, and ritualized combat among ancient peoples. Beyond the physical evidence, various models and explanations for violence in the past are explored.

Papers in Italian Archaeology VII: The Archaeology of Death
Papers in Italian Archaeology VII: The Archaeology of Death

Author: Edward Herring

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-08-13

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 1784919225

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This volume collects more than 60 papers by contributors from the British Isles, Italy and other parts of continental Europe, and North and South America, focussing on recent developments in Italian archaeology from the Neolithic to the modern period.

Public Uses of Human Remains and Relics in History
Public Uses of Human Remains and Relics in History

Author: Silvia Cavicchioli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-08

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1000752127

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The principal theme of this volume is the importance of the public use of human remains in a historical perspective. The book presents a series of case studies aimed at offering historiographical and methodological reflections and providing interpretative approaches highlighting how, through the ages and with a succession of complex practices and uses, human remains have been imbued with a plurality of meanings. Covering a period running from late antiquity to the present day, the contributions are the combined results of multidisciplinary research pertaining to the realities of the Italian peninsula, hitherto not investigated with a long-term and multidisciplinary historical perspective. From the relics of great men to the remains of patriots, and from anatomical specimens to the skeletons of the saints: through these case studies the scholars involved have investigated a wide range of human remains (real or reputed) and of meanings attributed to them, in order to decipher their function over the centuries. In doing so, they have traversed the interpretative boundaries of political history, religious history and the history of science, as required by questions aimed at integrating the anthropological, social and cultural aspects of a complex subject.