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dc.contributor.advisorArmit, Ian
dc.contributor.advisorBuckberry, Jo
dc.contributor.authorKing, Sarah S.*
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-19T17:14:56Z
dc.date.available2012-04-19T17:14:56Z
dc.date.issued2012-04-19
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/5423
dc.description.abstractThere is an ongoing debate concerning the nature of warfare and violence in the Iron Age of Britain. Interpretations regarding material remains from this period fluctuate between classifying instruments of violence (i.e. swords, spears, hillforts) as functional tools of war and as ritual symbolic devices. Human skeletal remains provide the most unequivocal evidence for violent encounters, but were often missing from these debates in the past. This thesis addresses this lack of treatment by analyzing the patterns of traumatic injuries at sites from two distinct regions in Iron Age Britain (East Yorkshire and Hampshire). The human remains from these sites show clear markers of interpersonal violence. When the remains are placed in context with the mortuary treatment, it is evident that violence and ritual were inextricably linked. In East Yorkshire, combat may have been ritualized through duelling and competition performance. In Hampshire, individuals with perimortem injures are often found in special deposits such as pits, ditches and domestic areas, suggesting their use in ritual processes that distinguish them from the general population. This provides a basis for understanding warfare and violence during the Iron Age of Britain and how communities negotiated the social tensions caused by violent interactions.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.eng
dc.subjectIron Ageen_US
dc.subjectWarfareen_US
dc.subjectRitual violenceen_US
dc.subjectEast Yorkshireen_US
dc.subjectHampshireen_US
dc.subjectSkeletal injuriesen_US
dc.subjectHuman skeletal remainsen_US
dc.subjectTraumatic injuriesen_US
dc.subjectMortuary behaviouren_US
dc.titleWhat makes war? Assessing Iron Age warfare through mortuary behaviour and osteological patterns of violence.en_US
dc.type.qualificationleveldoctoralen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bradfordeng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Life Sciences, Division of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_US
dc.date.awarded2010
dc.description.publicnotesNote: Content of Appendix 2 is not available.en
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