Bronze age warfare

Marion Uckelmann

Introduction / Marianne Mödlinger, Marion Uckelmann and Steven Matthews -- The smith's approach. Spearheads and swords - the making of bronze objects / Markus Binggeli -- Halberds. Use-wear on Bronze Age halberds: the case of Iberia / Dirk Brandherm -- Ceremonial or deadly serious? New insights into the function of Irish early Bronze Age halberds / Ronan O'Flaherty, Michael D. Gilchrist and Trevor Cowie -- Deliberate destruction of halberds / Christian Horn -- Swords. Use-wear analysis and use-patterns of Bronze Age swords / Barry Molloy -- Chelsea and Ballintober swords: typology, chronology and use / Steven Matthews -- Irish swords: use and abuse / Ian Colquhoun -- Integrating form, function and technology in ancient swords. The concept of quality / Marc Gener -- Slash and stab: some remakrs on the manufacture, function and deposition of carp's-tongue swords (summary) / Dirk...