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Denne avhandlingen er et komparativt studie med utgangspunkt i monumentalgraven Mjeltehaugen på øya Giske like nordvest for Ålesund på Sunnmøre. Gravkammeret består av dekorerte heller som til nå er det mest omfattende funnet av... more
The subject of the present study revolves around the burials of warriors in the area of Greece during antiquity, with emphasis on the phenomenon of burying the dead with arms. The time period, which is examined here begins from the Iron... more
Στον χώρο της Μακεδονίας η ταυτότητα του πολεμιστή γίνεται ιδιαιτέρως αισθητή μέσα από τα ταφικά σύνολα του 6ου και του 5ου αι. π.Χ. Ειδικότερα στην περιοχή της Μυγδονίας, η οποία αντιστοιχεί γεωγραφικά ως επί το πλείστον στη σημερινή... more
The subject of the present study revolves around the burials of warriors in the area of Greece during antiquity, with emphasis on the phenomenon of burying the dead with arms. The time period, which is examined here begins from the Iron... more
This study deals with graves of Vekerzug culture, which contained weapons and horse harness. These graves reflect an evident social differentiation of Vekerzug society. Special attention in the study was paid to the most accurate... more
Despite much intensive archaeological fieldwork, several regions of Greece still have not yielded any evidence for palatial structures. It may be, therefore, that they never gave rise to full palatial states. Rather, in regions such as... more
This dissertation focuses on a detailed study of Iron Age weapons burials, geographically located in or on the edge of present-day East Riding of Yorkshire. This study is based on the composition of a list of 50 Iron Age burials (49... more
In the synthesis about the European Neolithic, there is a tradition consisting of dating one of the crucial historical turning points at the transition between the megalithic culture of the late Neolithic (SOM-Horgen-Wartberg horizon) and... more
In this paper we treat changes in weaponry and armament, which occurred in the Aegean and Levantine regions between the late 14th and the early 12th century BC. We aim at reconstructing these changes in a sequence as fine-phased as... more
Probably the most significant Celtic burial yet published from the territory of today's Bulgaria is that of a Scordisci cavalry officer discovered in the Montana area in the northwest of the country. Dating to the La Têne C2/D1 period... more
The article is focused on a gold object unearthed at Shivacheva barrow, district of Plovdiv, South-Central Bulgaria during an archaeological excavation. Totally eight fragments are preserved. Figural and plant images are presented on... more
Disc cuirasses of the Iberian Peninsula (6th-4th century B.C.) Most of the proto-historic cuirasses of the Iberian Peninsula consist of a pair of bronze discs. The cataloging and study of these pieces, considering the different cultures... more
Recent excavation at Sanauli, Uttar Pradesh, India in 2018 is significant as it provided new and important evidences of Chariots for the first time in Indian Subcontinent dated to 2000BCE. What is more interesting is that they were placed... more
Observations on Thracian Cuirass and Mitra The paper presents a complete catalogue of Thracian cuirasses and mitres. It reviews the typology andproduction as well as the distribution and social use of these pieces of armour. To do so, we... more
Questo breve contributo, che ripercorre la storia della spada come oggetto di culto e simbolo di potere aristocratico, mette in luce soprattutto come nell’universo cavalleresco medievale sopravviva la memoria di pratiche rituali... more
The subject of the submitted study is an assemblage of Roman period artefacts which was handed over to the National Museum (then the Museum of the Kingdom of Bohemia) in 1897. They were allegedly found at a construction site in the fast... more
Rituali funerari a confronto: Verucchio-Veio, la questione delle armi e loro posizionamento rituale all'interno della tomba
Abstract: „Courageous as an eagle, fast as a horse.” The graves with weapons and horse harnesses in Vekerzug culture: case study. In this paper, we discuss graves of the Vekerzug culture, which contained weapons and horse harnesses.... more
During the entire Mycenaean period Achaea maintains relations - direct or indirect ones - with the rest of the known world. Not only with the regions of the large mainland centers, but with the Aegean islands too, such as Rhodes and... more
La historia de las sociedades de la Hispania prerromana está llena de episodios bélicos, atestiguados por guerras, murallas y mercenarios que se sirvieron de un variado catálogo de armas. Estas armas evolucionaron a lo largo del tiempo y,... more
IL MESTIERE DELLE ARMI. ATTI DELL’INCONTRO DI STUDI, LECCE, 27 GIUGNO 2017. Gianluca Tagliamonte Introduzione Raimon Graells I Fabregat Gianluca Tagliamonte Una corazza a tre dischi decorata «da Vulci» Azzurra Scarci Gli schinieri... more
On the occasion of discovering two new tombs with weapons of the Late Bronze Age from Kato Konitsa in the plain of Konitsa and Pedini in the basin of Ioannina, an attempt is made to investigate the burial customs of possible “warrior”... more
This paper focuses on a copper-alloy goad discovered in 2017 in Lubniewice in Lubuskie Voivodeship, Poland. An interdisciplinary analysis has shown that the goad was originally part of a lavishly decorated copper-alloy spur representing a... more
The etiological study presented was produced by combining critical analyses both of the Sources and of the archaeological record. This gives the archaeological record the same value as the Sources and stimulates discussion by increasing... more
This paper explores the material culture of warfare in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic (ED) and Akkadian periods by investigating copper and bronze melee weaponry from ancient Tutub (modern day Khafajah) in the Diyala region. Using... more
The paper reviews the conventional notion of the straightforward relation between the presence of warrior equipment, its quantity and quality, and the warrior status of the deceased in the area of middle Danube by revising the evidence... more
Intermediate and Middle Bronze Age tombs with weapons (mainly daggers) in the southern Levant were often interpreted as 'warrior graves'. Taking into consideration new data from Rishon Le-Zion (Israel), recent work on early warfare and... more
The helmet has been discovered accidentally in 1899 in the Pastusha locality, near the town of Perushtitsa, Plovdiv district. (Seure 1925, 347 (1)). At the present Pastusha locality is a quarter of the town of Perushtitsa. 1899 could be... more
R. Jung - I. Moschos - M. Mehofer, Killing in the Same Way: Peaceful Relations on War between Western Greece and Italy during the Late Mycenaean Times (in greek) Western Achaea and the Ionian Islands are of strategic importance for... more
Mit dem Ausgangspunkt, die französischen Streitäxte aufzuarbeiten, wurde das jung- bis endneolithische Streitaxtphänomen West- und Mitteleuropas neubewertet. Dies dient als Grundlage dazu, Kontinuitäten und Diskontinuitäten in räumlichen... more
In this paper I analyse the funerary ideology of the communities which occupied the Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula between c. 3300 and 850 cal BC (Copper and Bronze Age). The definition and critical discussion of the funerary patterns... more
"Mistophoroi (mercenaries) of the Ilergetes in the 4th century B.C.: the example of horses’ graves in the necropolis of La Pedrera (Vallfogona de Balaguer-Térmens, Catalonia, Spain) Two graves of horses discovered in the interior of... more
DEAR READERS, HERE IS FINALLY THE FULL TEXT OF THE BOOK! Die aktuelle Monografie stellt Ergebnisse einer modernen vielseitigen Studie zu den völkerwanderungszeitlichen Dolchmessern... more