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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 207-241出版社
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1016063710831
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bioarchaeology; North America; prehistory; warfare
This article reviews recent archaeological research on warfare in prestate societies of native North America. This survey comprises six regions: Arctic/Subarctic, Northwest Coast, California, Southwest/Great Basin, Great Plains, and Eastern Woodlands. Two lines of evidence, defensive settlement behavior and injuries in human skeletal remains, figure prominently in archaeological reconstructions of violence and warfare in these regions. Burning of sites and settlements also has been important for identifying the consequences of war and investigating more subtle aspects of strategy and directionality. Weaponry and iconography have to date provided important but more limited insights. Although considerable disparities exist between regions in the archaeological evidence for intra- and intergroup violence, all regions show a marked increase after AD 1000. These findings suggest that larger forces may have been responsible for escalating violence throughout North America at this time.
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