Societies of the later Early to Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2200–1600 BC) in the Carpathian
Basin exhibited complex, hierarchical and regionally influential socio-political organisation …

Bronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the
formation of social life in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. Britain and Ireland's diverse …

War and conflict have been a harsh reality of human existence in recent world history.
Archaeological sources reveal this was also the case in prehistory, going back to the very …

Warfare is increasingly considered to have been a major field of social activity in prehistoric
societies, in terms of the infrastructures supporting its conduct, the effects of its occurrence …

The rise of equitation in the Later Bronze Age (ie Dowris) Ireland, evidenced by a small but
significant group of artefacts, is suggested to have contributed to the socioeconomic …

Hillforts are one of the best known, and certainly the largest, monuments of the later
prehistoric period in Ireland. Their immense size testifies to the significance these central …

This study explores the impact that recent Bronze Age hoard finds have had on our
understanding of hoarding practices across Britain and Northern Ireland. Changes to the …

Palaeoclimatic proxies from records in northwest Europe evidence a climatic deterioration,
known as the '2.8 ka Event', which broadly coincided with the transition from Later Bronze …

Figure 1.1 Number of human bones and bone fragments recorded from each cave. Figure
1.2 Total human bone weights (in grammes) from each cave. Figure 1.3 Representation of …

This thesis examines practices of personal ornamentation in the Middle and Late Bronze
Ages (ca. 1400-800 cal. BC) of Britain and Ireland. It explores the form, material, and …