Archaeological evidence can identify large-scale conquests in preliterate societies
Archaeological findings, such as weapons trauma and conflict-associated environmental markers from sites like the Tollense valley, demonstrate that physical evidence can successfully identify large-scale conflicts in preliterate societies.
The claim asserts that archaeological evidence can identify large-scale conquests (or conflict/warfare) in preliterate societies. Paper 9 discusses the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley representing victims of a large-scale conflict without written records. Paper 1 connects prehistoric fire regimes to intensified warfare and conflict. Thus, the retrieved literature supports the claim.
Zuo H, Tan Z, Han YM, Mao L, Zheng S, Zhang Q, Wang M, Li S. Record of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from prehistoric sediments and human activity in the Lubei plain of China.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91885-1
Paper 1 links high-temperature fires in prehistoric contexts to periods of intensified warfare and social upheaval.
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Stefan Flohr, Ute Brinker, Annemarie Schramm, Uwe Kierdorf, Andreas Staude, Jürgen Piek, Detlef Jantzen, Karlheinz Hauenstein, Jörg Orschiedt. Flint arrowhead embedded in a human humerus from the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany - A high-resolution micro-CT study to distinguish antemortem from perimortem projectile trauma to bone.. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2015.02.004
Paper 9 analyzes the Tollense valley Bronze Age site, providing clear archaeological and micro-CT evidence of a large-scale conflict in a preliterate setting.
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