Book description
The Bronze Age, so named because of the technological advances in
metalworking and countless innovations in the manufacture and design
of tools and weapons, is among the most fascinating periods in human
history. Archaeology has taught us much about the way of life, habits
and homes of Bronze Age people, but as yet little has been written
about warfare. What was Bronze Age warfare like? How did people fight
and against whom? What weapons were used? Did they fortify their
settlements, and, if so, were these intended as defensive or offensive
structures? in response to these and many other questions, Bronze Age
Warfare offers and intriguing insight into warfare and society, life
and death in Europe 4000 years ago. It describes the surviving
evidence of conflict - fortifications, weapons and body protection,
burials, human remains and pictorial evidence - and seeks to
understand the role played by aggression in the prehistoric world.
