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005			20190524125250.0
008			180927s2017 enkac b 001 0 eng c
010			_a 2018400291
016	7		_a101719726 _2DNLM
020			_a9781473823181
020			_a1473823188
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn973919910
042			_apcc
040			_aNLM _beng _erda _cNLM _dBDX _dYDX _dNZAUC _dOCLCF _dINU _dCSAIL _dBTCTA _dOCLCO _dGBVCP _dOCLCO _dTCJ _dIGA _dZLM _dDLC
050	0	0	_aCC79.5.H85 _bS62 2017
060	0	0	_a2018 B-665
060	1	0	_aW 750
100	1		_aSmith, Martin, _d1971-
245	1	0	_aMortal wounds : _bthe human skeleton as evidence for conflict in the past / _cMartin Smith.
264		1	_aBarnsley, South Yorkshire : _bPen & Sword Military, _c2017.
300			_axiv, 290 pages : _billustrations, portraits ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-285) and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _t'I See Dead People': The Human Body as Archaeology -- _g2. _tThe Fragile Body: Recognizing Injuries to the Skeleton -- _g3. _tThe Earliest Times: Violence in the Deep Past -- _g4. _tRolling Back the Temporal Frontier: Modern Humans and the Origins of War? -- _g5. _tOut from the Cold: Mesolithic Hostilities? -- _g6. _t'The Children of Cain': Conflict in the Neolithic -- _g7. _tCutting-Edge Technology: Violence in Bronze Age Europe -- _g8. _tOut of the Shadows: The End of Prehistory -- _g9. _tImperial Anger: Violence under Roman Rule -- _g10. _t'The Judgement of God': Violence in Early Medieval England -- _g11. _t'The True Son of Gentle Blood': The High Middle Ages to the Renaissance -- _g12. _tThe Shock of the New: The Changing Face of Violence.
520			_aMartin J Smith argues that the study of human remains is the purest, most reliable and unbiased source of evidence for the reality of conflict in the past. He outlines its value to the new science of Battlefield Archaeology and the wider understanding of historical conflict. He outlines the processes used in examining osteological remains to unlock the clues about what the combatants endured. Drawing on case studies spanning the millennia, the author shows how skeletal remains can often tell us, in chilling detail, exactly what a warrior suffered in his final moments (though often the evidence of healed wounds from previous battles is just as striking). This enriches our understanding of the human experience of battle as well as providing scientific data on the effects of various weapons on the human body. This is a book written with scientific rigour by a leading archaeologist but it will appeal equally to students of archaeology and the military historian with an interest in the brutal face of battle. -- _cSource other than Library of Congress.
650		0	_aHuman remains (Archaeology)
650		0	_aMilitary archaeology.
650		0	_aWar wounds _xHistory.
650		0	_aWounds and injuries _xHistory.
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