Armies in the Early Bronze Age? An alternative interpretation of Únětice Culture axe hoards. (6th December 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Armies in the Early Bronze Age? An alternative interpretation of Únětice Culture axe hoards. (6th December 2017)
- Main Title:
- Armies in the Early Bronze Age? An alternative interpretation of Únětice Culture axe hoards
- Authors:
- Meller, Harald
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Abstract : The Early Bronze Age Únětice Culture in central Germany was a highly stratified society with a ruling class of 'princes', as evidenced by the famous burials at Leubingen and Helmsdorf, and the newly excavated burial mound Bornhöck near Dieskau. To investigate the notion of Únětice military organisation, this article presents a new interpretation of the numerous weapons hoards recovered from the region. Hoard deposition and composition from central Germany strongly suggests a shift from a Late Neolithic culture of 'warrior heroes' to the creation of organised standing armies of professional soldiers under the control of ruling elites.
- Is Part Of:
- Antiquity. Volume 91:Number 360(2017)
- Journal:
- Antiquity
- Issue:
- Volume 91:Number 360(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 91, Issue 360 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 91
- Issue:
- 360
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0091-0360-0000
- Page Start:
- 1529
- Page End:
- 1545
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12-06
- Subjects:
- Germany, -- Dieskau, -- Early Bronze Age, -- Únětice, -- hoards, -- military organisation
Archaeology -- Periodicals
Antiquities -- Periodicals
930.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://antiquity.ac.uk/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.15184/aqy.2017.180 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0003-598X
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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