A Dataset for Violence Trends in the Ancient Middle East between 12,000 and 400 BCE

Thsi archive provides all data generated and analysed and the custom codes produced for the study which will be published in <em>Nature Human Behaviour</em> with the title "<strong>Violence Trends in the Ancient Middle East between 12,000 and 400 BCE</strong>"<strong>. </strong>In this paper we study violence trends in the very long run by exploiting a novel dataset on cranial trauma and weapon-related wounds from skeletons excavated across the Middle East, spanning the whole pre-Classical period (ca. 12,000-400 BCE). The data set includes more than 3,500 individuals. These data have been collected from existing online digital archives, electronic and print original publications, and from unpublished field reports.本归档文件包含将发表于《自然·人类行为》（*Nature Human Behaviour*）、题为《公元前12000年至公元前400年古代中东的暴力趋势》（*Violence Trends in the Ancient Middle East between 12,000 and 400 BCE*）的研究中所生成、分析的全部数据，以及为该研究开发的定制代码。本研究依托一套全新的数据集，对横跨中东地区、覆盖全前古典时期（约公元前12000年至公元前400年）的出土骨骼中的颅骨创伤与武器相关损伤展开分析，以此探究长时域尺度下的暴力演变趋势。该数据集涵盖超过3500例个体样本，数据采集自现有在线数字档案、电子与印刷版原始学术文献，以及未公开的实地调查报告。