Middle Iron Age Warfare of the Hillfort Dominated Zone C. 400 BC to C. 150 BC.The purpose of this study is to define the nature of warfare within the Middle Iron Age of the hillfort dominated zone of lowland Britain (400-50 BC) from the archaeological remains and ethnographic inferences relating to the social significance of weapons, within specific analogies. In the process, this study provide a new model for Middle Iron Age warfare in the hillfort dominated zone rather than using the generalised model derived from continental Classical sources and seventh-eighth century AD Irish vernacular literature. The process of model generation includes comparison of the proposed model with another prehistoric European culture within the same temporal framework. Denmark was also on the fringe of Mediterranean influence during the Iron Age and yet, despite evidence of increasing land pressure, there are no significant fortifications and there is strong evidence of some form of elite. Therefore, Early Iron Age Denmark presents a powerful foil for the proposed model for the Middle Iron Age of the hillfort dominated zone in lowland Britain. |
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The nature of the evidence for warfare in the Middle Iron Age | 5 |
The Social Significance of Weaponry | 18 |
Experimental and mathematical modelling relating to sling shot | 64 |
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