Weapon hoards dating to around 3,000 years ago, such as bronze ax heads uncovered by a bulldozer near the German town of Dermsdorf, have been discovered throughout Central Europe. The hoards indicate that the metal trade was a major source of wealth and power in the area during the Bronze Age. (Courtesy Thuringian State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology)
Might’ve been an 5000 sq ft Krupp ax factory with the remaining ax heads in inventory stored away in something akin to a ‘gun safe.’
Pretty unusual for that many carefully stored tools/arms to be left and forgotten I’d say unless they had somehow lost value.
For example, did buggy-whip makers eventually abandon their last inventory in a empty warehouse when Ford started cranking out Model As & Ts. and they went out of business.
On the other hand, maybe a cataclysmic event occurred like a raid by another tribe and the hidden cache was never found.
Finds like this drive me crazy because I start wondering, “What were these guys thinking at this particular time in their culture?”
