O Combate na Idade do Bronze

Bronze Age Combat

Raphael Hermann, Rachel J. Crellin, Marion Uckelmann (2020): Bronze Age Combat: An experimental approach. BAR British Archaeological Reports International Series 2967. BAR Publishing. Oxford. 

Sinopse

O Projeto Combate na Idade do Bronze liderado pela Universidade de Newcastle apresenta os resultados de experimentos inovadores de combate com réplicas de espadas, lanças e escudos da Idade do Bronze. As metodologias experimentais originais usavam réplicas de armas autênticas em extensos experimentos de campo rigorosos e combates realistas baseados em manuscritos históricos. 

Isso permitiu replicar marcas de desgaste relacionadas ao combate, encontradas em espécimes originais da Idade do Bronze. Bronze Age Combat fornece um relato completo das metodologias, réplicas, experimentos e resultados em detalhes sem precedentes. 

Ao reunir uma gama de técnicas experimentais, materiais e conhecimentos, este livro foi concebido como um ponto de partida e uma coleção de referência para estudos adicionais sobre pesquisa de combate da Idade do Bronze, análise de desgaste de metalurgia e arqueologia experimental.

INDEX

1 Introduction

1.1. The Bronze Age Combat Project

1.2. Researching Combat

1.3. Metalwork wear analysis

1.4. Experimental design

1.5. From experimental design to experimental reality

1.6. The book: an overview

2 Combat Experiments in Archaeology: A Critical Review

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Previous research

2.2.1. Sword experiments

2.2.2. Spears

2.2.3. Shields

2.2.4. Halberds

2.3. Achievements and limitations of previous research

3 Approach to the Experiment and Equipment Used

3.1. Designing combat experiments: a critical approach

3.2. The equipment

3.2.1. The swords

3.2.2. The spears

3.2.3. The shields

4 Controlled Weapon Tests

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Sword vs. sword tests

4.3. Sword vs. spear tests

4.4. Sword vs. shield tests

4.4.1. Sword vs. leather shield

4.4.2. Sword vs. bronze shield

4.4.3. Sword vs. wooden shield

4.5. Spear vs. spear tests

4.6. Spear vs. shield tests

4.6.1. Spear vs. leather shield

4.6.2. Spear vs. bronze shield

4.6.3. Spear vs. wooden shield

4.7. Summary of marks

4.8. Results

4.8.1. Swords

4.8.2. Spears

4.8.3. Shields

5 Actualistic Weapon Tests

5.1. Introduction

5.2. A brief history of Historical European Martial Arts

5.3. Actualistic Weapon Tests: Concept and Design

5.4. Actualistic Weapon Tests: Planning and Execution

5.4.1. First play

5.4.2. Second play

5.4.3. Third play

5.4.4. Fourth play

5.4.5. Fifth play

5.5. Summary of marks

5.6. Results and discussion

5.6.1. Holding a Bronze Age sword

5.6.2. Interpreting combat marks

5.6.3. Attacks, defences, and blade-on-blade contact

6 Scientific Analysis of the Replica Weapons

6.1. Scientific analysis: sampling and analytical techniques

6.2. Scientific analysis: results and discussion

6.2.1. Swords and spearheads

6.2.2. Bronze shield

7 Evaluation of the Experiments and Concluding Remarks

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Evaluating the experiments

7.3. Evaluating the weapons

7.4. Future directions for research

Bibliography

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