A large number of broken limestone maceheads found at Early Bronze Tel Bet Yerah appears to be the result of intentional curation and fragmentation. Our analysis suggests that Early Bronze maceheads could function as weapons, but their efficiency and dependability were limited. Based on their properties, provenance, breakage pattern, and dating, we suggest that the maceheads symbolized the distribution of power in the community and resistance to centralized authority during Early Bronze II. Their accumulation and fragmentation would then represent a reversal of heterarchical tendencies and possibly an attempt to assert centralized power at the beginning of Early Bronze III.

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城市主义之初的抵抗和权威：TEL BET YERAH 破碎锤头案

在 Early Bronze Tel Bet Yerah 发现的大量破碎的石灰石锤头似乎是有意管理和碎片化的结果。我们的分析表明，早期青铜锏头可以用作武器，但它们的效率和可靠性有限。根据它们的特性、出处、破损模式和年代，我们认为锏头象征着早期青铜 II 时期社区中的权力分配和对中央集权的抵抗。然后，它们的积累和分裂将代表异质倾向的逆转，并可能是在早期青铜 III 开始时主张集中权力的一种尝试。