Osteoarchaeological evidences of interpersonal and intergroup violence in peninsular societies of Recent Prehistory (IV-III B.C.)

Abstract

This paper compiles the data of 91 individuals with 116 osteological injuries compatible with violent acts from different archaeological sites of the Iberian Peninsula, all of them narrowed down to the IV and III millennia BC. The description and catalogue of every traumatic lesion–typology, affected bone, siding and survival signs– as well as of the individuals that endured them–sex and age– has been carried out. From said data, frequencies and variable independency have been analysed so as to know the scale and significance of the violent episodes in this period and evaluate the possible existence of patterns when it comes to the general profile of the involved individuals.