The Bioarchaeology of Violence
Published on 31. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8130-4950-2 (ISBN)
Description
Experts on a wide range of ancient societies highlight the meaning and motivation of past uses of violence, revealing how violence often plays an important role in maintaining and suppressing the challenges to the status quo, and how it is frequently a performance meant to be witnessed by others.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-4950-2 (9780813049502)
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Persons
Debra L. Martin, Lincy professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is coeditor of Troubled Times: Violence and Warfare in the Past. Ryan P. Harrod is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Ventura R. Pérez is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and editor-in-chief of the online journal Landscapes of Violence.