Abstract
This chapter examines the origins of warfare as a correlate with social inequality and other features of social complexity. It addresses two interrelated questions. How old is war? And what are the driv-ers of the origins of war? The chapter draws upon both comparative forager and archaeological data to explore these questions
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Social inequality before farming? |
Subtitle of host publication | Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of social organization in prehistoric and ethnographic hunter-gatherer-fisher societies |
Editors | Luc Moreau |
Place of Publication | Cambridge, UK |
Publisher | Mcdonald institute for archaeological research |
Chapter | 18 |
Pages | 303-320 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-913344-00-9 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2020 |
MoE publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |