Violence and Conflict in Prehistoric Britain, 16th Jan 2008, Bristol
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EventsThe Neolithic period was the time when people in Britain began to rely on domesticated animals and crops and live a less mobile lifestyle than the hunter-gatherers of earlier times. Until recently this was seen as a rather idyllic period peopled by egalitarian farmers living in peaceful co-operation. This lecture presents recent research on human remains, artefacts and settlements which paints a rather more disturbing picture.Speaker: Dr Martin Smith
Sticks and Stones: Violence and Conflict in Prehistoric Britain
Wednesday 16 January, 7.30pm–9pm, 7.30 - 9pm
Speaker: Dr Martin Smith
The Neolithic period (c.4000 -2000 BC) was the time when people in Britain first began to rely on domesticated animals and crops and live a less mobile lifestyle than the hunter-gatherers of earlier times. Until recently this was seen as a rather idyllic period peopled by egalitarian farmers living in peaceful co-operation. This lecture presents recent research on human remains, artefacts and settlements which paints a rather more disturbing picture where it would appear that violence and conflict between groups and individuals may have been as much a part of life as in later periods.
Venue: Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen's Building, University Walk, Bristol
About the speaker:
Dr Martin Smith is an archaeologist specialising in human remains at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. He has worked on remains from a variety of periods ranging from Prehistoric to Roman times to the 19th Century. He has a particular interest in life, death and burial in Neolithic Britain.
Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen’s Building, Bristol University, University Walk, Bristol.
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