LAUSR

This interesting and informative volume arises from a conference held in 2012. Fourteen papers derive from those presented at the conference itself, with the addition of a thoughtful chapter by Vandkilde providing an overview and something of a counterpoint to several of the others. In their introduction (Chapter 1), Horn and Kristiansen state the key aim of the book as being to argue “that the Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society” (p. 1), global in this case meaning Eurasia. The emphasis here is clearly intended to be on social aspects of warfare, moving beyond the useful, but inherently limited, past approach dominated by studies of weaponry and fortifications.