Prehistoric weapons (Other Keyword)
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A Smashing Good Time: the identification of prehistoric blunt force weapons using experimental bioarchaeology. (2017)
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Experimental bioarchaeology can aid identification of prehistoric weapons and inform current understanding of the context of violence and social interactions in small-scale societies. Determining the direct mechanism of cranial blunt force trauma in prehistoric cultures is currently a complex issue. A vast array of tools and weapons exist that can produce blunt force injury, complicating identification of individual weapons associated with archaeological cranial injuries. This paper presents a...