Peaceful Harappans? Reviewing the evidence for the absence of warfare in the Indus Civilisation of north-west India and Pakistan (c. 2500-1900 BC)

作者: Edward Cork

DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0011419X

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摘要: Life beside the ancient Indus may not have been so peaceful and egalitarian as has sometimes thought. Arguing from weapons, author shows that Harappans only appear to be militarily under-endowed in comparison with Mesopotamians because their assemblages are derived settlement finds rather than grand tombs.

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