tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3534140983522608139..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Conan Lives!Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-1361494512987781342016-04-03T20:45:43.019-04:002016-04-03T20:45:43.019-04:00If you follow the link back to the 'Science...If you follow the link back to the 'Science' article, you get this:<br /><i>"There was reason for skepticism. Before Tollense, direct evidence of large-scale violence in the Bronze Age was scanty, especially in this region. Historical accounts from the Near East and Greece described epic battles, but few artifacts remained to corroborate these boastful accounts. “Even in Egypt, despite hearing many tales of war, we never find such substantial archaeological evidence of its participants and victims,” UCD’s Molloy says.<br /><br />In Bronze Age Europe, even the historical accounts of war were lacking, and all investigators had to go on were weapons in ceremonial burials and a handful of mass graves with unmistakable evidence of violence, such as decapitated bodies or arrowheads embedded in bones. Before the 1990s, <b>“for a long time we didn’t really believe in war in prehistory,”</b> DAI’s Hansen says. <b>The grave goods were explained as prestige objects or symbols of power rather than actual weapons. “Most people thought ancient society was peaceful, and that Bronze Age males were concerned with trading and so on,”</b> says Helle Vandkilde, an archaeologist at Aarhus University in Denmark. <b>“Very few talked about warfare.”</b>"</i><br /><br />!<br /><br />Only in academia could you seriously have people who study the ancient man who would believe such a thing. Incredible.<br /><br />Hopefully, this find will educate them and give us some much needed pre-historical reference.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-80731483715451281212016-03-30T13:44:04.886-04:002016-03-30T13:44:04.886-04:00Heh,
That suggests a degree of hitherto unsuspec...Heh, <br /><br /><b>That suggests a degree of hitherto unsuspected stratification of Bronze Age society.</b><br /><br />What a bunch of...<br /><br />As if humans thought they weren't under a "hierarchy" from the ancient days of creation.<br /><br />So long as there are 3 humans in a group, there's a hierarchy.<br /><br />Even the Spartans had helots and helot squires.<br /><br />The number of things human expert authorities think they know that isn't true... well, it's larger than they think.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.com