Art.No.1

the Need For War

1. War Before Civilisation: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage - Lawrence H. Keeley

   Keeley, L. H. (1996). War before Civilisation: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage. The Ted K Archive.

   It challenges the romanticised notion that prehistoric societies were inherently peaceful, demonstrating that warfare was ‘frequent, lethal, and ritualised’ long before modern states.

   Key Evidence:

   • Archaeological Data: Mass graves, fortified settlements, and weapon trauma in skeletal remains prove organised violence in Neolithic Europe, Amazonia, and Aboriginal Australia.