Table of Contents

Illustrations Tables 1. Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Violence Sarah Ralph Section I: The Contexts of Violence Introduction Sarunas Milisaukas 2. War Without Warriors?: The Nature of Interpersonal Conflict before the Emergence of Formalized Warrior Elites Rick J. Schulting 3. Warfare in Northern European Bronze Age Societies: Twentieth-Century Presentations and Recent Archaeological Research Inquiries Helle Vandkilde 4. Violence as an Aspect of Durotriges Female Life Course Rebecca C. Redfern 5. Facing the Sword: Confronting the Realities of Martial Violence and Other Mayhem, Present and Past Simon T. James Section II: The Politics and Identities of Violence Introduction Bradley A. Ault 6. Violent Discourses: Visual Cannibalism and the Portraits of Rome's "Bad" Emperors Eric R. Varner 7. "An Offense to Honor Is Never Forgiven...": Violence and Landscape Archaeology in Highland Northern Albania Michael L. Galaty 8. "Persuade the People": Violence and Roman Spectacle Entertainment in the Greek World Michael J. Carter 9. Past War and European Identity: Making Conflict Archaeology Useful John Carman Section III: Sanctified Violence Introduction Peter F. Biehl 10. The State of Sacrifice: Divine Power and Political Aspiration in Third Millennium Mesopotamia and Beyond Anne Porter 11. The Violent Ways of Galatian Gordion Mary M. Voigt 12. An Archaeological Interpretation of Irish Iron Age Bog Bodies Eamonn P. Kelly 13. The Archaeology of Destruction: Christians, Images of Classical Antiquity, and Some Problems of Interpretation John Pollini Section IV Epilogue Keith F. Otterbein Contributors Index

About the Author

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

Reviews

"...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