entity · site_bi_tollense
Tollense Valley conflict assemblage
Mass human remains and weapon injuries in a north-east German river valley.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1300 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
A Bronze Age battlefield? Weapons and trauma in the Tollense Valley, north-eastern Germany — Detlef Jantzen, Ute Brinker, Jörg Orschiedt, Jan Heinemeier, Jürgen Piek, Karlheinz Hauenstein, Joachim Krüger, Gundula Lidke, Harald Lübke, Reinhard Lampe, Sören Lorenz, Matthias Schult, Thomas Terberger (2011)Presents human remains, trauma, weapons and dating from the Tollense Valley conflict assemblage.
Locator: Abstract; dating, trauma and weapons sections; discussion
Research description
The assemblage provides major continental evidence for organized violence around the thirteenth century BCE. It is included for world orientation, not as proof of the same conflict process in Britain or Ireland.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
A Bronze Age battlefield? Weapons and trauma in the Tollense Valley, north-eastern Germany — Detlef Jantzen, Ute Brinker, Jörg Orschiedt, Jan Heinemeier, Jürgen Piek, Karlheinz Hauenstein, Joachim Krüger, Gundula Lidke, Harald Lübke, Reinhard Lampe, Sören Lorenz, Matthias Schult, Thomas Terberger (2011)Presents human remains, trauma, weapons and dating from the Tollense Valley conflict assemblage.
Locator: Abstract; dating, trauma and weapons sections; discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_bi_tollense · geography assertion