Warfare and Power in the Late Prehistoric Societies in the Territory of Latvia (tenth to 12th Centuries)
Volume 8 (2007): Weapons, Weaponry and Man (In memoriam Vytautas Kazakevičius), pp. 254–262
Pub. online: 9 November 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
26 March 2007
26 March 2007
Revised
26 May 2007
26 May 2007
Published
9 November 2007
9 November 2007
Abstract
The article is devoted to the role of military activities in socio-political developments in Latvia during the Late Iron Age (tenth to 12th centuries). The topics of weapons as prestige items, warrior burials and their relation to the retinue, as well as military symbolism and warfare as the source of power, are discussed on the basis of archaeological material of the Livs, Curonians*, Semigallians and Latgallians.