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War before Civilization

Lawrence H. Keeley

Was prehistoric life really peaceful, or did archaeologists pacify the past and ignore how common war was before civilization?

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Author
Lawrence H. Keeley

Why read it

  • You will see how scholars' wish for a peaceful past led them to explain away forts and other evidence of ancient war
  • You will learn what physical evidence, such as burned villages and arrowheads in bones, says about war before writing
  • You will question the comfortable idea that life was better when the human world was far simpler

Who it is for

  • An archaeology or anthropology student
  • A reader who romanticises simple societies
  • A history fan wondering how old organised violence is

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. ONE The Pacified Past
  3. TWO The Dogs of War
  4. THREE Policy by Other Means
  5. FOUR Imitating the Tiger
  6. FIVE A Skulking Way of War
  7. SIX The Harvest of Mars
  8. SEVEN To the Victor
  9. EIGHT Crying Havoc
  10. NINE Bad Neighborhoods
  11. TEN Naked, Poor, and Mangled Peace
  12. ELEVEN Beating Swords into Metaphors
  13. TWELVE A Trout in the Milk
  14. APPENDIX

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