Bronze is the defining metal of the European Bronze Age and has been at the center of
archaeological and science-based research for well over a century. Archaeometallurgical …

A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society—for the better."
War!..../What is it good for?/Absolutely nothing," says the famous song—but archaeology …

This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from
everyday life and domestic activities. Richard Bradley contends that for much of the …

Both terms require a definition. For the purposes of this chapter thresholds are found where
different elements were brought into contact with one another and where it was possible for …

The Bronze Age was the first epoch in which societies became irreversibly linked in their co-
dependence on ores and metallurgical skills that were unevenly distributed in geographical …

Chance discoveries of weapons, horse bones and human skeletal remains along the banks
of the River Tollense led to a campaign of research which has identified them as the debris …

Metalwork wear-analysis has now been practised for over two decades. In this paper the
authors present the achievements of the discipline and critically assess the methodologies …

It is notable how little gender archaeology has been written for the European Neolithic, in
contrast to the following Bronze Age. We cannot blame this absence on a lack of empirical …

The breakthrough of the Nordic Bronze Age (NBA) c. 1600 BC as a koiné within Bronze Age
Europe can be historically linked to the Carpathian Basin. Nordic distinctiveness entailed an …

Abstract Although the Bronze Age is best known for its remarkable metal weapons, there is
little evidence of conflict. Traumatic wounds in human skeletal remains are rare, and there …