Journal article
Make a desert and call it peace: massacre and arson at the Iberian Iron Age village of La Hoya
- Abstract:
- Once considered rare, archaeological examples of violence in prehistoric Europe have accumulated over recent decades, with new discoveries providing evidence of large-scale, organised warfare among pre- and protohistoric populations. One example is La Hoya in north-central Iberia. Between the mid fourth and late third centuries BC, the site was subjected to a violent attack, its inhabitants killed and the settlement burned. Here the authors present osteological analyses for a massacre: decapitations, amputations and other sharp-force injuries affecting a wide cross section of the community. They interpret the massacre as an instance of conflict between rival local communities, contributing to a growing picture of the scale and nature of violence in Iron Age Europe.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.15184/aqy.2020.161
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Antiquity More from this journal
- Volume:
- 94
- Issue:
- 377
- Pages:
- 1245-1262
- Publication date:
- 2020-10-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-07-10
- DOI:
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1745-1744
- ISSN:
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0003-598X
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1123276
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pubs:1123276
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2020-08-05
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- Antiquity Publications Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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- © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2020
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.161
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