European faction research thread

**Dontfearme22** · March 23, 2014, 04:04 PM

This thread deals with all factions and cultures in Europe, Urnfield culture, Mycenae, etc.
Feel free to post images, links and articles that deal with European Bronze Age cultures, any time-period is useful but try to focus on 1500-1000 BCE. This thread will also deal with the Sea-people cultures, given the majority of theories on their origins relate them to europe.
I will collect the best information I see in this post.

General Information:

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Aegean:

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Sardinia:

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Ireland and Britain:

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**Brivime** · March 24, 2014, 12:12 PM

Some sources:

The Bronze Age Aegean
"Warriors and Weapons in Bronze Age Europe" - No preview on Google Books I'm afraid.
European Prehistory: A Survey
Minoan Life in Bronze Age Crete- Requires a Scribd account and to download it.

**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:20 AM

hello everyone, I'm here to give you help in the search, I'm an Italian archaeologist and I hope to give some useful information.
This is an image with the subdivisions for archaeological facies during the bronze, made by Renato Peroni, a professor from University "La Sapienza" of Rome(therefore very reliable):

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**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:23 AM

I'll start with Sardinia, during the Bronze Age this area is really interesting, for the so-called pre-nuragic company(facies of: saturricola-s.cosimo-antigore)

These reconstructions are based on a major exhibition:

**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:25 AM

sorry for the 1000 post, but unfortunately the forum does not make me put more than one link at a time, since I'm new, and I had to break up my post

**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:26 AM

**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:27 AM

these are structures of this civilization:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants%27_grave

**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:27 AM

- altar of monte d’accodi (probably a ziqqurat)2700 e il 2400 b.C. but probably in full use throughout the bronze

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**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 04:28 AM

-nuraghi (1800-1100 b.C.) as real fortresses, with villages around, normally characterized by circular huts

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-Also very important are the giants of the mountain prama are later X-IX bC,
but confirmed the clothing and ancient customs, unfortunately I have to defer to google images, because publications are absent or too old:

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(for the shield)

this is the location of the most important sites in the Middle Bronze Age, although the island was fully populated:

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ask me what you do not seem clear, I understand that it is a vast and important topic, but I hope I have given you some ideas, soon will face the rest of Italy

**PunitorMaximus** · March 29, 2014, 07:09 AM

cool, thanks a bunch!
those headgears are really exotic. we will try our best to represent them properly

is this guy holding a square-shaped shield over his head?
similar to the romans...

**Dontfearme22** · March 29, 2014, 10:02 AM

Personally, i suggest we save doing the Nuraghe until we have the resources to do all their unique military equipment. So they, in my opinion, should be one of the last rosters we do.

**Türkenlouis** · March 29, 2014, 10:39 AM

we already haa roster and many pictures which I sent it to Maximus for 4 months^^

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**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 10:48 AM

well, I'm glad you like it, actually that is a rectangular shield, but is thought to be inherent to the classes of elite warriors, while the warrior classes were dressed as usual likely in bronze "nuragic"

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probably this type of clothing comes from shardana, a group of the Sea Peoples who, according to a theory very much in vogue, would go to the island after a long allocation in Egypt, in fact, we see Egyptian representation using triangular long swords, daggers , spears and a shield round. The skirt is short, are equipped with armor and a horned helmet. The general similarities between the military equipment of the warriors Shardanas and that of nuragici of Sardinia, have raised concerns that shardana they had established on the island following the attempted invasion of Egypt.
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**reko87** · March 29, 2014, 10:50 AM

in ok, sorry, but I had not seen, I wanted to do a quick overview of Italian civilization

**trinhbot** · March 30, 2014, 12:15 PM

found an ebook with plenty of info on bronze age ireland's equipment: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26880...-h/26880-h.htm

**PhilipO'Hayda** · September 22, 2014, 01:22 PM

don't have much free time,but I'll see what I can add in here myself.

**geala** · December 04, 2014, 03:15 AM

This http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get...FULLTEXT01.pdf is an article which also deals with Bronze Age Nordic culture clothing and artefacts with some reconstructions shown. The situation is exceptional here because we have near complete assembles due to special burial circumstances.

There are some hints (locations of jewelry, brooches etc. in graves) that the clothing of more southern middle European regions (Urnfield f.e.) from which we have nothing left looked perhaps quite similar to Nordic clothing, especially in the absence of trousers.

I also read somewhere some years ago that from the condition of the skin on the soles of the feet and the toe orientation of bog bodies it can be presumed that the people went barefooted as well as with shoes, probably depending on social situations and climatic conditions during the year. Unfortunately I don't find the source.

**Dontfearme22** · December 04, 2014, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by geala

This http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get...FULLTEXT01.pdf is an article which also deals with Bronze Age Nordic culture clothing and artefacts with some reconstructions shown. The situation is exceptional here because we have near complete assembles due to special burial circumstances.

There are some hints (locations of jewelry, brooches etc. in graves) that the clothing of more southern middle European regions (Urnfield f.e.) from which we have nothing left looked perhaps quite similar to Nordic clothing, especially in the absence of trousers.

I also read somewhere some years ago that from the condition of the skin on the soles of the feet and the toe orientation of bog bodies it can be presumed that the people went barefooted as well as with shoes, probably depending on social situations and climatic conditions during the year. Unfortunately I don't find the source.

Excellent source, I have referenced this on multiple occasions actually. I will add it to the top post.