The Battle of the Tollense Valley took place in Bronze Age Germany c.1250 BC. Was this Europe's first battle? Archeological discoveries in the Tollense Valley in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northeast Germany suggest this was the site of a conflict in the 13th century BC. (Closest dates might be 1230 - 1240 BC) This was the European Middle Bronze Age. As well as weapons and other artefacts, thousands of bones representing at least 140 individuals have been found here and most are men of fighting age. Some bones show injuries received at the point of death. There might have been between 3000 and 7000 participants which if true is a truly enormous prehistoric battle. So was this a great pitched battle? An ambush? A series of small skirmishes? Despite all the evidence, piecing together exactly who these people were, how many there were, where they came from and what happened here… is not so simple. --- If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel --- Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthor PayPal ➜ https://paypal.me/DanDavisAuthor Ko-fi ➜ https://ko-fi.com/dandavis --- My Books --- Godborn: Gods of Bronze 1 ➜ https://amzn.to/3nm2au1 All my books on Amazon ➜ https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 --- My Links --- Website http://dandavisauthor.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandavisauthor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanDavisWrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dandavisauthor/ --- Video Sources --- Warriors and Weapons in Bronze Age Europe - Anthony Harding ➜ https://amzn.to/383sToE Warfare in Bronze Age Society - Christian Horn & Kristian Kristiansen ➜ https://amzn.to/3z6ZtBN Die Welt der Himmelsscheibe von Nebra - Harald Meller ➜ https://amzn.to/3ERYbh7 An early Bronze Age causeway in the Tollense Valley - Jantzen (2014) Bronze Age tin rings from the Tollense valley - Krüger (2012) Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe - Burger (2020) Flint arrowhead embedded in a human humerus from the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley - Flohr (2015) Instrumental investigation of oxygen isotopes in human dental enamel from the Bronze Age battlefield site at Tollense - Price (2019) Perimortem Lesions on Human Bones from the Bronze Age Battlefield in the Tollense - Brinker (2018) A Bronze Age battlefield? Weapons and trauma in the Tollense Valley - Jantzen (2010) **The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel.** --- Notes --- I expect people to tell me it's pronounced "Tollens-y" People will suggest there were female warriors here. Other people will call me a fool for entertaining the idea there were female warriors. There is DNA evidence that some of these peo ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ3qA-cqq5s

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer. If you decide to continue your subscription, you’ll get a 50% discount: https://bit.ly/DanDavisHistory Long barrows are the earliest great monuments of the British Isles. They could be over 100m/330ft long and there are hundreds of them, dating from 3800 BC. But what were they? But who built them? Why did they put so much effort into making them? And what can the latest studies on ancient DNA tell us, about the family relationships of the people buried inside them and the societies that they lived in? This is the story of the mysterious Long Barrows of Neolithic Britain. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthor All my books on Amazon ➜ https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 *My Links* Website http://dandavisauthor.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandavisauthor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanDavisWrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dandavisauthor/ *Sources* The First Stones: https://amzn.to/3pmJikc Earthen Long Barrows: https://amzn.to/3XoOa4G People of the Long Barrows: https://amzn.to/3JwzjQ0 A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04241-4 Radiocarbon dates from the chambered tomb at Hazleton - Saville et al (1987) Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society - Sánchez-Quinto (2019) Rites of Passage: Mortuary Practice, Population Dynamics, and Chronology at the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex - Kador et al (2018) East Anglian early Neolithic monument burial linked to contemporary Megaliths - Scheib et al (2019) Diversity, lifestyles and rites: new biological and archaeological evidence from British Earlier Neolithic mortuary assemblages - Wysocki & Whittle (2000) ‘In this Chambered Tumulus were Found Cleft Skulls …’: an Assessment of the Evidence for Cranial Trauma in the British Neolithic - Wysocki & Schulting (2005) Serious Mortality: the Date of the Fussell's Lodge Long Barrow - Wysocki & Bayliss (2007) William Cunnington and the Long Barrows of the Wylye Valley - Eagles & Field The Fussell's Lodge Long Barrow Excavations 1957 - Ashbee (1966) The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel. *Thank you* David Macleod: https://www.instagram.com/graenwulf/ *Video Chapters* 00:00 Neolithic Long Barrows 01:20 Video Sponsorship 02:43 What are long barrows? 05:07 Symbolic meanings 06:57 Houses of the dead? 11:32 Who was buried inside them? 15:14 Neolithic patriarchy 16:05 Neolithic violence 17:24 DNA analyses 21:15 The Story of the Long Barrows ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYrFD_IBOY