title: The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
author:  R. Ewart Oakeshott 
description: Arms and armor from prehistory to the age of chivalry are covered in this detailed analysis of medieval arms development. More than 30 centuries are studied here, but the tone is lively and light, using evidence of arms found during excavations and descriptions in literature and art to lend insight into early warfare. The Archaeology of Weapons is good for high school study or for leisure browsers. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>
zlib_text: To the late Gabriele Cateni, the last of the Etruscans
  
  CONTENTS
  HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  CHRONOLOGY
  THE VILLANOVAN ARMY
  The warrior in Villanovan culture ■ Armies ■ Tactics
  Arms and equipment:
  Offensive weapons: Swords & daggers ■ Axes ■ Spears & javelins ■ Bows & arrows
  Defensive equipment: Helmets ■ Shields ■ Body armour & other defences
  Cavalry and chariots ■ Symbols of rank ■ Clothing
  THE ETRUSCAN CLASSICAL ARMY
  Social and political evolution
  Organization ■ Tactics ■ Maritime power
  Arms and equipment:
  Offensive weapons: Swords & daggers ■ Axes ■ Spears & javelins ■ Bows, arrows & slings
  Defensive equipment: Helmets – ‘pot’ or ‘bell’-shaped; Negau; Corinthian; Apulo-Corinthian;
  Chalcidian; Montefortino; Hellenistic; others ■Shields
  Body armour & other defences; gualothorax and statos; linothorax and composite armours; Leg
  and arm protection
  Cavalry & chariots ■ Rank symbols and insignia ■ Musical instruments ■ Clothing
  SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  
  THE ETRUSCANS
  9th–2nd CENTURIES BC
  
  HISTORI