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The warrior aristocracy of Bronze Age Europe were buried in warrior graves with his personal weaponry - like daggers, swords, and spears. But there were other objects in these graves like hair combs, bronze razors and tweezers, cloak pins, and awls for tattooing the skin, that all speak to a profound interest in clothing, personal grooming and in adorning the warrior. So what can this all tell us about this aristocracy, the beliefs and practices of these elite men, and the nature of masculinity in prehistory?

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The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age: https://amzn.to/3ZXIGh0
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The Rise of Bronze Age Society - Kristiansen & Larsson: https://amzn.to/3r0xkdU
Warfare in Bronze Age Society - Christian Horn & Kristian Kristiansen ➜ https://amzn.to/3z6ZtBN
Elevated Rock Art - Johan Ling ➜ https://amzn.to/2WAffqd
Rock Art and Seascapes in Uppland Johan Ling ➜ https://amzn.to/3mFB4jd
The Warrior's Beauty - Paul Treherne: https://www.academia.edu/29528216/The...
Looking Sharp - Dutch Bronze Age razors and tweezers in context Arnoldussen & Steegstra: DOI: https://doi.org/10.21827/5beaafc5f0505
Nordic Late Bronze Age Razors - Very Like a Whale - E. Warmenbol
Shaving the Warrior - Mikkel Nørtoft

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Video Chapters

00:00 Bronze Age Warrior Graves
01:41 Sponsorship
03:04 The Rise of the Warrior Aristocracy
05:04 Warrior Journeying
06:17 Warrior Drinking
07:13 Warrior Clothing
07:55 Warrior Grooming
08:32 Origins of Bronze Razors
09:26 Why was it so important?
11:07 Ritual Grooming as Transformation
12:04 Nordic Bronze Age razors
13:21 Shaving as a rite of passage
14:40 Warrior tattoos
15:20 the Nature of the Bronze Age Warrior