Bronze Age swords

Abstract (EN): The significance of the Channel in the later Bronze Age is best understood in terms of its relationship to the Atlantic Bronze Age complex. Sometime around the beginning of the 14th century the relationship between other parts of the British Isles and southern England changed, re-orientating the interests of the latter toward the near Continent, and in particular northern France. Locally the distinction can be summed up as the transformation from the earlier Channel 'maritories', those communities that serviced the movement of artefacts across the Channel, to a full Channel Bronze Age 'culture', where the communities on both sides shared widely in the same artefacts and social practices. The difference is significant. Rowlands has described the latter grouping of communities as encompassing a Channel 'core zone' and it was this that was integral to the development of the Atlantic complex. We should not confuse the Bronze Age of the Atlantic region, representative only of contemporary societies related by a shared geography, with the Atlantic Bronze Age complex, a social and political phenomenon that shared in similar artefacts and practices, but which did not encompass all the geographic regions of the Atlantic. The latter was facilitated by the geography of the Atlantic region but was by no means shaped nor constrained by it. As we shall see, it is the Channel communities of north France and southeast England, those regions that do not even face the Atlantic that very much came to form the core of this complex. However, just as the extent of the complex has been exaggerated in the past, so too has its homogeneity.

Résumé (FR): La place du Channel est mieux comprise dans ses relations avec le complexe atlantique à la fin de l'Âge du bronze. Quelque part du côté du XIVe siècle avant notre ère, les relations entre les différentes parties du sud de l'Angleterre et des îles britanniques changent, réorientant ses centres d'intérêt vers le continent et tout particulièrement le nord de la France. Localement, la distinction peut être mise en évidence d'une transformation depuis les premières « maritories » du Channel, qui ont servi les déplacements des artefacts par le Channel, jusqu'à une pleine culture de l'Âge du bronze, dans laquelle les communautés des deux côtés partagent les mêmes artefacts et pratiques sociales. La différence est claire. Rowlands a décrit les derniers regroupements de communautés comme une englobante « Core zone » du Channel, et c'est cela qui a été intégré au développement du complexe atlantique. Nous ne devrions pas confondre l'Âge du bronze avec l'Atlantic région, représentative seulement des sociétés contemporaines reliées par une géographie commune et le Complexe du Bronze Atlantique, entendu comme un phénomène social et politique qui regroupe des objets et des pratiques similaires, mais qui ne rassemble pas toutes les régions géographiques du monde atlantique. L'aboutissement du phénomène a été facilité par la géographie de la région atlantique, mais il n’a pas été façonné ou contraint par elle. Comme nous allons voir, ce sont les communautés du Channel du nord de la France et du sud-ouest de l’Angleterre – régions qui ne font pas face à l’Atlantique – auxquelles on doit le coeur de ce complexe. Cependant, son extension a été exagérée par le passé, tout comme son homogénéité.

La necropoli del Bronzo Medio dell'Olmo di Nogara (VR) ha restituito una consistente quantità di tombe a inumazione, con spade ed altri importanti reperti in bronzo. Il controllo di 51 reperti metallici, provenienti da 40 tombe, nonostante la pessima conservazione, ha permesso di riconoscere alcuni materiali organici connessi ai foderi e alle impugnature delle spade e altri resti (fibre/tessuti; osso/corno, legno, cuoio) presenti nelle sepolture.

The Sword Excalibur is undoubtedly the most famous of all mythical swords. We know it as the sword of King Arthur, which he drew from a stone and hence proved his birthright and royalty. However, most accounts have it differently. According to various legends, the Sword in the Stone is a sign of Arthur’s royalty but the more magical Excalibur was given to him by the Lady of the Lake

Im Umfeld des geplanten RegioPorts in Minden-Päpinghausen entdeckten lizenzierte Sondengänger Funde der mittleren und späten Bronzezeit, u. a. einen gerippten Halskragen und ein Periode II-Griffzungenschwert. Eine  Nachuntersuchung der LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen konnte den Grabbefund zu dem Schwert dokumentieren. Die Funde führten Identifizierung verschliffener Grabhügel der älteren bis mittleren Bronzezeit und ermöglichten eine Neubewertung der lokalen Topographie an einem Altarm der Weser.

This article introduces a fortuitous discovery of a bronze sword, which took place
in December 2006 at Piatra soimului (Neamţ County). The place of discovery, situated
between the river Calu and Dealul Horodistea, upon one of the low terraces of the nearby
river, is located close to the well-known settlement from Horodistea-Piatra Soimului,
inhabited during the Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, the First and Second Iron Ages.
The sword itself can be attributed to the Oradea variant of the Apa-type
swords, type which is linked to the Hajdúsámson-Apa-Ighiel-Zajta horizon. The closest
typological analogies are represented by one of the sword from Apa, the piece found at
Oradea, the one from the small deposit from Téglás (Hungary) and the recently found
item from Obcina/Topcino (Transcarpatian Ukraine).
Within the East Carpathians area, this item has most probably been employed
by a Costisa community, to whom several other bronze artefacts from Hajdúsámson
horizon are also attributed.

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This paper aims to provide a typological analysis of bronze objects from the area of the lower part of the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age and a comparison to the contemporary finds from Crete. The concept of the Interface was defined by Penelope Mountjoy in 1998 based on ceramics, settlement, and funeral activities. She argued that this territory differs from the neighbouring power centres, such as the island of Crete, the Greek mainland, and Central Anatolia. In this paper, only the lower part of the Interface will be discussed, including the Dodecanese islands and the adjacent Anatolian coast up to Miletus. Some metal finds from the lower part of the Interface seem to have been produced locally, but influence from Crete is still apparent. Furthermore, the typology of metal finds from Crete, such as swords, daggers, razors, and similar items, will be briefly defined. In the second part of this contribution the character of the Lower Interface finds will be represented, and in the final part the two datasets will be compared. To sum up, in the case of typology, some of the bronze items from the Lower Interface show strong Minoan-Mycenaean influence, which is also mixed with influences from other regions (Anatolia, Near East).

It’s no secret that since Man had the ability to shape stone and metal starting thousands of years ago, they’ve also been slashing, stabbing, hitting and basically wreaking havoc on each other ever since. When did the first knife fight break out? When the second blade was created. Over the centuries, the longer version, swords have become the best option for the battlefield and many have a fearsome reputation.