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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyBalkan Prehistory (Archaeology)Pottery (Archaeology)
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
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      Social IdentityRock Art (Archaeology)Bell Beakers (Archaeology)Death and Burial (Archaeology)
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      Military HistoryArchaeologyExperimental ArchaeologyPrehistoric Archaeology
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
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      Classical ArchaeologyArms and Armor StudiesFunerary ArchaeologyFuneral Practices
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
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      Identity (Culture)Death and Burial (Archaeology)Burial Practices (Archaeology)Archaic Period
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
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      Classical ArchaeologyDeath and Burial (Archaeology)Burial Practices (Archaeology)Iron Age
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      ArchaeologySocial ArchaeologyArchaeology of pre-Roman ItalyDeath and Burial (Archaeology)
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      ArchaeologyMedieval Weapons and EquipmentEarly Midle AgesWarrior burials
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      Military HistoryArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyAnthropology
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyBalkan Prehistory (Archaeology)Pottery (Archaeology)
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
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      Iron Age (Archaeology) (Archaeology)Social ArchaeologyPrehistoric weaponsAncient Warfare
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
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      RitualCultureAegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology)Mycenaean era archaeology
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
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      Iron Age (Archaeology)Material CultureIron AgeAncient Weapons and Warfare, Prehistoric weapons, Iron Age (Archaeology)
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Das bereits 1875 publizierte frühlatènezeitliche Grab 994 von Hallstatt wird hier erneut vorgelegt – zum ersten Mal mit einer vollständen Dokumentation der noch vorhandenen Beigaben. Die Ausstattung mit Eisenhelm vom Typ... more
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      HallstattLaTène swordsHallstatt and Latene period Middle EuropeSwords
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
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      Chalcolithic ArchaeologyBell Beakers (Archaeology)CampaniformeSchnurkeramik
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
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      Economic HistoryHistorical GeographyArchaeologyEgyptology
The papers collected in this volume are dedicated to different case studies, focusing on the archaeological and cultural contexts of ancient weapons, their practical and symbolic use, and the complexity of their technological features.... more
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      Classical ArchaeologyGreek LiteratureGreek ArchaeologyIron Age (Archaeology)
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
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      HistoryAncient HistoryMilitary HistoryArchaeology
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
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyAnthropologyIconography
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      Military HistoryEurasian NomadsMedieval ArchaeologyNomadism
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
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      ArchaeologyCeltic StudiesMaterial Culture StudiesIdentity (Culture)
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyMediterranean prehistoryBalkan Studies
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
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      Ancient HistoryArchaeologyNeolithic & Chalcolithic ArchaeologyChalcolithic Archaeology
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      Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology)Mycenaean era archaeologyAegean PrehistoryAncient Weapons and Warfare
Ergonomic design, finest selection of materials and high-developed technological background: to this date pre-, protohistoric and classical weapons have been some of the most appreciated items by warfare specialists all over the world.... more
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyMaterial Culture StudiesTypology
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
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyGreek ArchaeologyAncient Warfare
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
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      HistoryIconographyFunerary ArchaeologyAncient Religion
The territory of central Slavonia extends over the central section of the Slavonian Mountains, which divide it from Eastern and Western Slavonia and surround the Pozega Valley as a separate, closed whole. The plains of the Drava and Sava... more
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      ArchaeologyCeltic ArchaeologyRoman ArmyLate Iron Age (Archaeology)
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
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      ArchivesArchaeology of Germanic tribes (Roman period)Archaeology of Early Roman PeriodWarrior burials
Rituali funerari a confronto: Verucchio-Veio, la questione delle armi e loro posizionamento rituale all'interno della tomba
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      ProtohistoryFunerary PracticesWeaponsArcheologia Funeraria
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
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      Social ArchaeologyPrehistoric weaponsBalkan archaeologyIron Age (Archaeology)
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      Death and Burial (Archaeology)Late Iron Age (Archaeology)La Tene cultureWarrior burials
The First World War is still widely regarded as a recent event. However, with the passing of the last survivors, History is becoming the domain of Archaeology. These archaeological finds give a clear insight into global politics and... more
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      HistoryAmerican HistoryEuropean HistoryHistory of Science and Technology
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
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyBalkan Prehistory (Archaeology)Landscape Archaeology
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
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      Material Culture StudiesIdentity (Culture)Technology transferGreek Archaeology
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
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      Classical ArchaeologyArchaeology of Southern ItalyGreek ArchaeologySouth Italian Archaeology
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
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyPrehistoric weaponsHistory and archaeology of EpirusEpirus
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
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      Slavic LanguagesViking StudiesViking identitiesViking Age Archaeology
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
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      Ancient HistoryMilitary HistoryArchaeologyClassical Archaeology
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
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      ArchaeologyMesopotamian ArchaeologyWarfare in the Ancient WorldEarly Dynastic Sumer
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
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      Celtic StudiesHellenistic HistoryDemocratizationFunerary Archaeology
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      Arms and Armor StudiesCaucasusPrehistory of Caucasus (Prehistoric Archaeology)North Caucasus
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
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      HistoryArchaeologyGender StudiesDeath and Burial (Archaeology)
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
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      ArchaeologyIconographyArms and Armor StudiesAncient numismatics (Archaeology)
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
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyTechnologyItalian Studies
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
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyNeolithic ArchaeologyNeolithic & Chalcolithic ArchaeologyDeath and Burial (Archaeology)
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
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      ReligionSociology of ReligionArchaeologyPrehistoric Archaeology
"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
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      ArchaeologyMaterial Culture StudiesIberian StudiesIdentity (Culture)
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      Anatolian ArchaeologyAegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology)Archaeology of DodecaneseMycenaean Achaea
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
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      Baltic Sea Region StudiesPrehistoric weaponsIron Age (Archaeology)Baltic archaeology