Chapter Twelve An Archaeological Interpretation of Irish Iron Age Bog Bodies

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents V
3. Illustrations IX
4. Tables XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. The Contexts of Violence
7. Introduction 16
8. War Without Warriors? 19
9. Warfare in Northern European Bronze Age Societies 37
10. Violence as an Aspect of the Durotriges Female Life Course 63
11. Facing the Sword 98
12. The Politics and Identities of Violence
13. Introduction 118
14. Violent Discourses 121
15. “An Offense to Honor Is Never Forgiven…” 143
16. “Persuade the People” 158
17. Past War and European Identity 169
18. Sanctified Violence
19. Introduction 182
20. The State of Sacrifice 185
21. The Violent Ways of Galatian Gordion 203
22. An Archaeological Interpretation of Irish Iron Age Bog Bodies 232
23. The Archaeology of Destruction 241
24. Epilogue
25. Epilogue 271
26. Contributors 283
27. Index 285