The prestige of warriors: Bell Beaker archers’ equipment in Central Europe
The Bell Beaker culture is illustrated above all by the figure of the warrior, which is omnipresent in grave goods and has long supported invasionist theories. In order to better understand the social significance of the Bell Beaker warrior, this study aims to analyse the related object-signs (arrow...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:pm_2167 https://doi.org/10.4000/pm.2167 urn:doi:10.4000/pm.2167 en https://journals.openedition.org/pm/2167 2021-01-29T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/j3oi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The prestige of warriors: Bell Beaker archers’ equipment in Central Europe Préhistoires méditerranéennes Association pour la promotion de la préhistoire et de l'anthropologie méditerranéennes info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2105-2565 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2118-8211 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pm Clément, Nicolas technologie Europe centrale Campaniforme guerrier tracéologie technology Central Europe Bell Beaker warrior use-wear analysis The Bell Beaker culture is illustrated above all by the figure of the warrior, which is omnipresent in grave goods and has long supported invasionist theories. In order to better understand the social significance of the Bell Beaker warrior, this study aims to analyse the related object-signs (arrowheads, bracers, grooved abraders, bow-shaped pendants, daggers) in Central Europe, where individual graves are predominant. Based on a techno-functional approach, the whole biography of these objects is analysed here in order to clarify their modes of production and consumption. Alongside the biographies of individuals based on their sex, age and wealth, the history of these objects makes it possible to outline a model of Bell Beaker society. Far from the alleged conquests, it transpires that adherence to warrior ideology may have been driven by the opportunity it gave individuals to express strategies of social prestige. Le Campaniforme s’illustre notamment par la figure du guerrier, prégnante dans les viatiques et qui a longtemps supporté des théories invasionnistes. Afin de mieux percevoir la portée sociale du guerrier campaniforme, cette étude se propose d’analyser ses objets-signes (pointes de flèches, brassards, abraseurs à rainure, pendentifs arciformes, poignards) en Europe centrale, région dense en tombes individuelles. Grâce à une démarche techno-fonctionnelle, c’est l’ensemble de la biographie de ces objets qui est analysée ici afin d’en préciser les modes de production et de consommation. Confrontée aux biographies des individus selon leur sexe, leur âge et leur richesse, l’histoire de ces objets permet d’esquisser un modèle de société campaniforme. Loin des supposées conquêtes, l’adhésion à l’idéologie du guerrier a pu être motivée par l’opportunité qu’elle donnait aux individus d’exprimer des stratégies de prestige social. |
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The Bell Beaker culture is illustrated above all by the figure of the warrior, which is omnipresent in grave goods and has long supported invasionist theories. In order to better understand the social significance of the Bell Beaker warrior, this study aims to analyse the related object-signs (arrowheads, bracers, grooved abraders, bow-shaped pendants, daggers) in Central Europe, where individual graves are predominant. Based on a techno-functional approach, the whole biography of these objects is analysed here in order to clarify their modes of production and consumption. Alongside the biographies of individuals based on their sex, age and wealth, the history of these objects makes it possible to outline a model of Bell Beaker society. Far from the alleged conquests, it transpires that adherence to warrior ideology may have been driven by the opportunity it gave individuals to express strategies of social prestige. |
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Clément, Nicolas |
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Clément, Nicolas |
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Clément, Nicolas |
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The prestige of warriors: Bell Beaker archers’ equipment in Central Europe |
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2021 |
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