05-23-2011, 07:45 PM
The BBC article says its published in Antiquity. I'll check it out as soon as the library opens.
I think its a positive sign that Bronze Age European archaeologists are willing to call a spade a spade. Through the 1990s there was a popular ideology that real warfare in Europe only started in the Iron Age (and all those enclosures, breastplates, and swords were ceremonial or ineffective).
I think its a positive sign that Bronze Age European archaeologists are willing to call a spade a spade. Through the 1990s there was a popular ideology that real warfare in Europe only started in the Iron Age (and all those enclosures, breastplates, and swords were ceremonial or ineffective).
Nullis in verba
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
