Manuel
Fernández-Götz
Works edited
In the past two decades, conflict archaeology has become firmly established as a promising field of research, as reflected in publications, symposia, conference sessions and fieldwork projects. It has its origins in the study of battlefields and other conflict-related phenomena in the modern Era, but numerous studies show that this theme, and at least some of its methods, techniques and theories, are also relevant for older historical and even prehistoric periods.
This book presents a series of case-studies on conflict archaeology in ancient Europe, based on the results of both recent fieldwork and a reassessment of older excavations. The chronological framework spans from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity, and the geographical scope from Iberia to Scandinavia.
Along key battlefields such as the Tollense Valley, Baecula, Alesia, Kalkriese and Harzhorn, the volume also incorporates many other sources of evidence that can be directly related to past conflict scenarios, including defensive works, military camps, battle-related ritual deposits, and symbolic representations of violence in iconography and grave goods. The aim is to explore the material evidence for the study of warfare, and to provide new theoretical and methodological insights into the archaeology of mass violence in ancient Europe and beyond.
In the past two decades, conflict archaeology has become firmly established as a promising field of research, as reflected in publications, symposia, conference sessions and fieldwork projects. It has its origins in the study of battlefields and other conflict-related phenomena in the modern Era, but numerous studies show that this theme, and at least some of its methods, techniques and theories, are also relevant for older historical and even prehistoric periods.
This book presents a series of case-studies on conflict archaeology in ancient Europe, based on the results of both recent fieldwork and a reassessment of older excavations. The chronological framework spans from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity, and the geographical scope from Iberia to Scandinavia.
Along key battlefields such as the Tollense Valley, Baecula, Alesia, Kalkriese and Harzhorn, the volume also incorporates many other sources of evidence that can be directly related to past conflict scenarios, including defensive works, military camps, battle-related ritual deposits, and symbolic representations of violence in iconography and grave goods. The aim is to explore the material evidence for the study of warfare, and to provide new theoretical and methodological insights into the archaeology of mass violence in ancient Europe and beyond.
Contributions to journals
[EN] Ethnicity, politics and integration scales : remarks on the Gaulish pagi before the conquest.
This paper applies an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Gaulish pagi from the period of independence. The combination of written, epigraphic, archaeological and anthropological sources gives a clear view of the dual nature, both political and ethnic, of these entities, as well as the degree of autonomy they enjoyed from the socio-political level represented by the civitas. Comparison with similar subdivisions present in regions such as Cisalpine, Galatia or Ancient Ireland helps to place these groups into a wider context and thus enhance our understanding of them. Finally, the study of territorial organization allows us to address the issue of the pagi centers as well as the existing continuities and discontinuities between the pre-Roman and Gallo-Roman periods.
[EN] Ethnicity, politics and integration scales : remarks on the Gaulish pagi before the conquest.
This paper applies an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Gaulish pagi from the period of independence. The combination of written, epigraphic, archaeological and anthropological sources gives a clear view of the dual nature, both political and ethnic, of these entities, as well as the degree of autonomy they enjoyed from the socio-political level represented by the civitas. Comparison with similar subdivisions present in regions such as Cisalpine, Galatia or Ancient Ireland helps to place these groups into a wider context and thus enhance our understanding of them. Finally, the study of territorial organization allows us to address the issue of the pagi centers as well as the existing continuities and discontinuities between the pre-Roman and Gallo-Roman periods.
