Preface ......................................................... 8
List of contributors ........................................... 11
Algirdas Girininkas
Vytautas Kazakevičius - the Prominent Lithuanian
Archaeologist .................................................. 15
Vykintas Vaitkevičius
Publications by Vytautas Kazakevičius (1951-2005).
Monographs, Scientific Articles, Publications Edited
by V. Kazakevičius, Reviews and Varia .......................... 17
I. STEPPING FROM THE MALE TO THE WARRIOR IDENTITY
Jakob Westermann
Male Identity in Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Europe,
2800-2300 ВС ................................................... 22
Andrejs Vasks
Weapons and Warfare during the Bronze Age in the Area
of Present-Day Latvia .......................................... 32
Agne Čivilytè
Is a Warrior without a Weapon not a Warrior? Some Ideas
about Bronze Age Warfare in the Eastern Baltic Region .......... 39
II. BARBARIAN WARRIORS FROM THE BALTIC TO THE DANUBE
Katarzyna Czarnecka
"Brothers-in-arms"? Graves from the Pre-Roman Period
Furnished with a Double Set of Weaponry ........................ 47
Hans-Ulrich Voß
From the Baltic to the Danube: Early Roman Iron Age Warriors
from Hagenow, Mecklenburg, and their Relations with the
Barbarian and Roman World ...................................... 58
Jan Bemmann
Weaponry and Weapon Burial Practice in Central Germany
in the Late Roman Iron Age and Migration Period ................ 69
Wojciech Nowakowski
Aestiorum Gladii. Swords in the West Bait Circle
in the Roman Period ............................................ 85
Audronè Bliujienè and Donatas Butkus
Armed Men and their Riding Horses as a Reflection of
Warriors Hierarchy in Western Lithuania during the
Roman Iron Age ................................................. 95
Bartosz Kontny
Foreign Influences on the Weaponry of the Bogaczewo
and Sudovian Cultures. The Case of Shafted Weapon ............. 117
III. BOG FINDS AND THE PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE
Claus von Carnap-Bornheim and Suzana Matešić
The Thorsberg Bog Find: Some Remarks on Roman-Germanic
Relationships Regarding Early Third Century Militaria ......... 133
Andreas Rau
Remarks on Finds of Wooden Quivers from Nydam Mose, Southern
Jutland, Denmark .............................................. 141
Vykintas Vaitkevičius
Interpreting Taurapilis Prehistoric Site: a Landscape
Revealing the Power? .......................................... 155
IV. WARRIORS AND ARMAMENTS FROM THE VISTULA TO THE DAUGUVA
Bartosz Kontny and Magdalena Natuniewicz-Sekuła
A Wielbark Culture Piece of Weaponry? Remarks Concerning the
Astonishing Find at the Cemetery at Krosno (Crossen) .......... 160
Ludwika Sawicka
The Roman Period Single-Edged Sword from the Szurpry
Settlement (Suwalki Region, Poland) ........................... 171
Bartosz Kontny
Is there Reliable Archival Data? The Problem of
Interpretation of an Unusual Specimen from Gurjevsk
(formerly Trausitten) on the Sambian Peninsula ................ 176
Rasa Banyté-Rowell
A Roman Iron Age Warrior from Western Lithuanian Cemetery
Baitai Grave 23 ............................................... 183
Christine Reich
Remarks on Male Burials in the Cemetery of Oberhof
(Aukstkiemiai) ................................................ 195
Ugnius Budvydas
About Some Aspects of Scalvian Armament on the Basis of
Investigations in Viešvilè Cemetery ........................... 205
Ilona Vaškeviūté
Semigallian Warrior Weaponry and its Reflection in Burial
Rites in the Fifth to the 12th Century AD ..................... 214
V. THE ROLE OF WEAPONS AND WEAPONRY IN POLITICAL
AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP
John Hines
Fit for a King? Regalia and Weaponry in Early Anglo-Saxon
Royal Graves .................................................. 223
Mindaugas Bertašius
The Subject of Battle-Knife Origin in Central Lithuania ....... 231
Michel Kazanski
The Armament, Horsemen's Accoutrements, and Riding Gear
of Long Barrow Culture (Fifth to Seventh Centuries) ........... 238
Andris Šnē
Warfare and Power in the Late Prehistoric Societies in
the Territory of Latvia (tenth to 12th Centuries) ............. 254
Marika Mägi
Collectivity Versus Individuality: the Warrior Ideology
of Iron Age Burial Rites on Saaremaa .......................... 263
Antonija Vilcãne
Tenth to 11th Century Warrior Burials with Horse-Trappings
in the Latgallian Area ........................................ 273
VI. WEAPONS: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND SYMBOLISM
Andra Simniškytè
Weapons in Iron Age Women's Graves ............................ 283
Laurynas Kurila
Graves of the Unburied: Symbolic Iron Age Warrior Burials
in East Lithuania ............................................. 292
Sari Mäntylä
The Meaning of Weapons as Grave Goods: Examples from Two
Southwest Finnish Crusade Period Cemeteries ................... 302
VII. VIKINGS: WARFARE AND TRADE FROM THE BALTIC
TO THE DANUBE
Vladas Žulkus
Armed and Expected. Traders and their Ways in Viking-Time ..... 310
Valery Yotov
The Vikings in the Balkans (Tenth to 11th Centuries).
Strategic and Tactical Changes. New Archaeological Data
on the Weaponry ............................................... 321
Jan Peder Lamm
Two Large Silver Hoards from Ocksarve on Gotland. Evidence
for Viking Period Trade and Warfare in the Baltic Region ...... 328
VIII.ARMAMENTS AND DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS
Mikalai Plavinski
The Main Tendencies in the Development of Tenth to l3th
Centuries Blade Weapons in Belarus ............................ 334
Algirdas Girininkas
A Defence Installation of the Developing Lithuanian State ..... 347
IX. TRAUMAS CAUSED BY WEAPONS
Guntis Gerhards
Traumatic Lesions in Human Osteological Remains from
the Daugava Area (Seventh to 17th Centuries AD) ............... 360
X. TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WEAPONRY
Dagnija Svarāne
The Use of Inlay Technique in the Production of Medieval
Couronian and Semigallian Military Equipment (12th to
14th Century) ................................................. 368
Algirdas Žalnierius, Jonas Navasaitis and Dainius
Balčiũnas
The Iron Smelting Site in Virbaliũnai Ancient Settlement ...... 377
Jonas Navasaitis and Auštra Sclskiene
Iron Smelting Techniques in the Virbaliũnai Ancient
Settlement .................................................... 387
Plates (I - VIII)
Guidelines for Authors ........................................ 395
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