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DOCUMENT Citation Only Keith Prufer.

This is an abstract from the "Cooperative and Noncooperative Transitions in the Archaeological Record" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Major evolutionary transitions in sociality are premised on the formation of cooperative groups and transformation of the collective group into an entity. Prior to the development of institutions, the kin group was the primary locus of cooperation and was limited largely by environmental and physical constraints....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Guillaume Reich.

Over the last few decades, hundreds of Celtic iron weapons have been discovered, a number of which show signs of violent damage as a result of hostilities and/or religious customs. In spite of the fact that these marks have been used as key elements for the interpretation of archaeological sites and the understanding of Iron Age warfare, no method was available until now for archaeologists to describe and study said marks systematically and to distinguish between voluntarily inflicted marks and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelly McGehee.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists are often involved in the analysis and interpretation of perimortem trauma occurring to human remains with the goal of recognizing trauma characteristics that can be utilized in understanding the tool class used to inflict the trauma. Accurate interpretation of skeletal trauma also relies on the correct...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Katherine Gaddis. Ariel Gruenthal-Rankin. Marissa Ramsier. Arkadiusz Koperkiewicz.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The bioarchaeological analysis of trauma in skeletal remains provides insights into the lives and lifestyles of past populations. Conventionally, such analysis has focused on military-aged males, with less attention paid to other demographic groups. The late-medieval cemetery site at Bezławki, Poland, provides an opportunity for a relatively broad analysis...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ezekia Mtetwa.

This is an abstract from the "Cooperative and Noncooperative Transitions in the Archaeological Record" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Great Zimbabwe, the major civilization south of the pyramids, had a vibrant metallurgical industry within the urban center, but the most significant iron production was located in the hinterland. Here, extensive clusters of natural draft furnaces—some with unique rectangular morphologies—alongside abundant tap...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Sharp. Amanda Wissler.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Growing up during periods of chronic warfare can have long-term impacts on health and well-being across the lifecourse. Public health research has demonstrated how early exposure to violence or other physical stressors contributes to increased morbidity and mortality among children and adolescents. Within bioarchaeology, investigating the lived experience...

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Anthony. Dorcas Brown.

At the Srubnaya-culture settlement of Krasnosamarskoe in the Russian steppes, dated 1900–1700 BCE, a ritual occurred in which the participants consumed sacrificed dogs, primarily, and a few wolves, violating normal food practices found at other sites, during the winter. At least 64 winter-killed canids, 19% MNI/37% NISP, were roasted, fileted, and apparently were eaten. More than 99% were dogs. Their heads were chopped into small standardized segments with practiced blows of an axe on multiple...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Justin Garnett.

This is an abstract from the "Advances in Perishable Weaponry Studies: Developing Perspectives from Dated Contexts to Experimental Analyses" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Changes in weapon technologies are likely to affect many social dimensions. Understanding a society’s weaponry is critical for making inferences not only about hunting but also how these groups engaged in conflict. The role of spearthrowers and darts in hunting is becoming...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathryn Baustian. Claira Ralston. Debra Martin. Maryann Hobbs.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The definition of violence is unique to all societies. Violent behavior is thus recognized in myriad ways and observing it in past societies demands consideration of many forms of evidence. Interpreting individual roles in systems of violence requires that we look beyond weaponry, site destruction, male warrior burials, and lethal injuries. Our perception...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Hard. John R. Roney. A.C. MacWilliams. Mary Whisenhunt. Mark Willis.

Early Agricultural Period (EAP) occupations in the Upper Gila River in southeastern Arizona indicate that EAP cerros de trincheras are more widespread than previously thought. Recent fieldwork evaluates evidence from these sites to address issues related to chronology, agriculture, and warfare. Sites include both cerros de trincheras (hilltop sites) as well as valley sites. The site of Round Mountain contains 1.9 km of berm walls and terraces, 16 rock rings, and was built on a 640 foot hill...

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Treloar. David Chicoine.

Results of systematic surface surveys and excavations at Early Horizon sites in the lower Nepeña Valley indicate the increased importance of armed conflicts and intercommunity violence, especially during the second half of the first millennium BC. Although scholars agree that warfare likely played a major role in shaping local sociopolitical and ritual landscapes during the Early Horizon, little is known about the nature of warfare and associated defensive strategies in Nepeña. This paper...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Augusta McMahon.

This is an abstract from the "Warfare and the Origins of Political Control " session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Past urbanism is usually reconstructed as a positive development, with cities presented as locations of economic efficiency, technological innovation, and productive social networks. But past cities also presented challenges, as sources of disease, inequalities, and high mortality. At Tell Brak (NE Syria/northern Mesopotamia), urban growth...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.. Base Consolidation, Realignment and Reuse Consortium.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Bossio.

This is an abstract from the "Theorizing Warfare: Global Perspectives on Defense and Fortification" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Western Lake Erie region of the Lower Great Lakes witnessed immense change at ca. AD 1250. Late Woodland people, who were seasonally mobile on a dynamic riverine and wetland landscape, became settled village agriculturalists. Lifeways, pottery, and toolkits changed drastically. Two hypotheses to explain these...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dana L. Bovee. Douglas W. Owsley.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Simone Tripoli.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This pilot research replicates the production of Dong Son trilobate bronze crossbow bolts using sandstone molds. The Dong Son site of Co Loa, located near Hanoi, Vietnam, is associated with the production of crossbow technology, as several thousand bronze bolts have been recovered archaeologically. However, there has been very little research done on...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jemima Georges.

This is an abstract from the "Cooperative and Noncooperative Transitions in the Archaeological Record" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nixtun-Ch’ich’ in Petén, Guatemala was heavily occupied in the Middle Preclassic (800-300 BC) and Late Preclassic (300 BC-AD 200) periods. The site was abandoned in the Early Classic period (AD 200-600), then reoccupied in the Late/Terminal Classic (AD 600-930) and Postclassic period (AD 930-1525). Excavations at...

DOCUMENT Citation Only W. Raymond Wood.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Ellis.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert R. Ellis. Teri Swearingen. Michael Mason. Richard H. Brooks.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Philip Mink.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. <html> On January 25, 1865, Company E of the 5^th United States Colored Calvary (USCC) was ambushed near the town of Simpsonville, Kentucky by a group of Confederate guerillas. Twenty-two of the USCC troops were killed and another eight were severely injured. The dead were hastily gathered and buried by the local residents and the wounded were...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca Stewart.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. On Dec. 15, 1944, a B-24 took off on a night navigation mission from Chatham Air Field in Georgia, headed to Florida. The crew of nine were training to patrol the East Coast for enemy submarines. Fifteen minutes into the flight, engine #1 caught fire. The bomber crashed less than five minutes later into swampland in the lowcountry of South Carolina. This...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lauren Kohut.

This is an abstract from the "Theorizing Warfare: Global Perspectives on Defense and Fortification" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Fortifications are among the most enduring material records of warfare in the archaeological past. Studies of fortification often emphasize the importance of defensive walls, not only in preventing enemy intrusion, but also in controlling movement and delineating insiders and outsiders. This focus on enclosure draws...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Flood. Seth Grooms. Matthew Pike. Edward Herrmann. Jeremy Wilson.

The prevalence and ubiquity of warfare have long been recognized by scholars studying the Mississippian Era in the Eastern Woodlands. These data point to a culture(s) that often found itself in periods of conflict between competing regional polities, which is reflected in skeletal trauma rates, fortified settlements, and conflagrated villages. Our collective understanding of the geopolitical interactions and causes for this strife is subject to substantial interpretation and debate, rendering...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lauren Kohut.

During the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1450), the Colca Valley in the southern Peruvian highlands was heavily fortified. Survey of hilltop fortifications (pukaras) identified a class of large non-habitational pukaras located along the rim of the valley that were perhaps designed to monitor the vast expanses of puna surrounding the valley. Additionally, a prehispanic road which leads into the valley from the south passes through a primary defensive wall at one of the sites—further...