What makes a man a man - this question is not obly raised in a popular german song of the 80s, but also in current gender archaeology.

But going further, we easily can ask a similar question about descriptive topics in the field of violence. Warrior, fighter, man of war. - What do those categories mean, what do they summarize and which words are really usable in archaeological contexts?

Refering to examples from ciltural anthropology, the planned talk ainms to build up a helpfull sketchbook for both sciences, ethnology and archaeology, combinig their past perspectives.