Male Identity in Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Europe, 2800–2300 BC
Volume 8 (2007): Weapons, Weaponry and Man (In memoriam Vytautas Kazakevičius), pp. 22–31
Pub. online: 9 November 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
22 January 2007
22 January 2007
Revised
5 June 2007
5 June 2007
Published
9 November 2007
9 November 2007
Abstract
A spatial and comparative analysis is made of three male weapon graves from Bohemia, northern Italy and southern England. Consideration is given to the grave goods, their function and symbolic significance, commencing with a discussion of male and warrior identity from 2800 to 2300 BC.