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To: Covenantor; SunkenCiv

The weapons used were apparently arrows and wooden clubs, so how is it they call this a “Bronze Age” battle site?


7 posted on 05/22/2011 7:20:09 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Proud to be a (small) monthly donor.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
"The weapons used were apparently arrows and wooden clubs, so how is it they call this a “Bronze Age” battle site?"

Because the Bronze Age in Europe spanned (approx.) the years 3000-600 BC.

11 posted on 05/22/2011 7:43:44 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: Repeal The 17th
The weapons used were apparently arrows and wooden clubs, so how is it they call this a “Bronze Age” battle site?

1. "Bronze Age" is a dating method.

2. Bronze weapons may have been valuable enough that they were not left behind by the victors. Looting the bodies of dead enemies is a longstanding tradition of war.

3. Bronze Age just means that bronze was smelted and used for some tools/weapons. Not that it was common or inexpensive.

13 posted on 05/22/2011 7:57:41 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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That’s just the stuff they left behind. :’) But your question points to what I regard as the fundamental stupidity of continued use of “bronze age” “iron age” etc to date things.


29 posted on 05/22/2011 7:34:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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It is also unlikely that there’d be a lot of bronze left on the battle field. It was valuable.


39 posted on 05/03/2015 5:12:28 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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