Skeletal/Arch. Evidence of Intrahuman Prehistoric Violence

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in the Pleistocene and Mesolithic is needed to up-date my 1969
article ("A Survey of the Evidence for Intrahuman Killing in the
Pleistocene," CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY 10(4):427-59 with CA Treatment).
There seem to be plenty of articles with theories about viol-
ence and aggression written since that date -- but few references
to hard data that I can find. What new findings, if any, are out
there? Is anyone else trying to put what new information may
exist into a survey paper? If so, please let me know and I can
save myself a lot of time and effort.
Recent data from cave paintings and petroglyphs is also of
interest if any dating can be reasonably ascribed.
I tried to carry my search for evidence of violence in our
species down through the millenia in the Near East ("Evidence of
Warfare in the Near East from 10,000 - 4,300 BC" in WAR, ITS
CAUSES AND CORRELATES. Edited by Martin Nettleship et al. The
Hague: Mouton. 1975). This too, of course, needs up-dating as
well as any preludes to proto-Indo-European (Kurgan) violence
in Eurasia. So, if anyone knows of evidence of violence in
these areas prior to 7,000 BP please contact me. Thank you.
e-mail: mroper31@maine.maine.edu
Marilyn Roper 35 High St., Houlton, Maine 04730 USA

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