Bioarchaeological evidence of interpersonal violence and early warfare presents important
insights into conflict in past societies. This evidence is critical for understanding the …

This paper explores the nature and extent of conflict in Late Neolithic Europe based on
expanded skeletal evidence for violence from the San Juan ante Portam Latinam rockshelter …

Abstract During the Late Neolithic (ca. 3500–2900 cal BC), the Rioja Alavesa region of north‐
central Spain witnessed great demographic pressure and social unrest, manifested as …

Variation in burial location and treatment is often observed in the prehistoric archaeological
record, but its interpretation is usually highly ambiguous. Biomolecular approaches provide …

Objectives To test a hypothesis on interpersonal violence events during the transition
between Chalcolithic and Bronze Age in the Eastern Pyrenees, to contextualize it in Western …

This paper analyses the taphonomic modifications of the human remains identified within
Cueva Palomera, the main entrance to Ojo Guareña karstic system (Merindad de …

En primer lugar señalamos que la caracterización del conflicto bélico no puede separarse
de las contradicciones sociales (sobre todo internas) que caracterizan el desarrollo de las …

Interpersonal violence in the past is studied from different perspectives, one of which is
experimentation. Using analogues to the human skeleton it is possible to replicate fractures …

Once considered rare, archaeological examples of violence in prehistoric Europe have
accumulated over recent decades, with new discoveries providing evidence of large-scale …

How violent was life in Neolithic society, and was there anything resembling organised
warfare? Recent research has largely overturned ideas of peaceful farming societies …