Fingerprinting conflict: A comparative model with applications to archaeological and historical data.

ABSTRACT: This paper is envisioned as a primarily methodological contribution towards a more sophisticated and systematic approach to conflict research in archaeology and history. Studies of conflicts in these fields have often focused on violence and war. Instead, we offer a more holistic approach to conflict research, taking into account different levels of both escalation and de-escalation that embrace all the possible aspects of a conflict from a mere undeveloped potential over complete annihilation to various countermeasures and stages of resolution. A model taking into account different levels of escalation and de-escalation is presented which embodies our multi-faceted view of conflicts and which also allows for a systematic, comparative analysis of conflict situations anywhere and any time i

SUBMITTER: Wichmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11844905 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature