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Op 18-7-2023 om 00:40 schreef Samuel B.:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
>> Op 17-7-2023 om 01:00 schreef Samuel B.:
>>> [...] the shape doesn't seem like it was made for stabbing.
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>> I think those swords were not used for stabbing but chopping.
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>> Maybe this will interest you:
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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-trade-blows-in-a-debate-over-whether-ancient-bronze-swords-were-just-for-show
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> Yeah, that is interesting. I wonder why there was any doubt, though. Why make
> swords if you weren't going to use them? Were other, better alloys available
> during the middle-to-late part of the Bronze Age? (My history knowledge is
> somewhat lacking).
>
I think because there still is a lack of knowledge/understanding about
Bronze Age society. There are no accounts or tales; swords are only
known in a funeral rite context, so, what to infer? Obviously, those
telltale marks on the blades had never been studied properly before
(lack of funds and time most probably I guess). Except for variations in
the proportions of the basic alloys locally/regionally or for different
uses, the bronze seems to have been about identical throughout the
period. However, I am no expert on the matter...
--
Thomas
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