Title:
Sword-wielding scientists show how ancient fighting techniques spread across Bronze Age Europe
Author:
Andrew Curry
Published:
Science, 17 April 2020
From the article:
"Bronze swords have been found by the thousands in graves, rivers, and bogs all across Europe. But because the alloy is so soft—and easy to mangle compared with later iron weapons—historians have long wondered whether these swords were battlefield tools or mere status symbols."
To read this article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/sword-wielding-scientists-show-how-ancient-fighting-techniques-spread-across-bronze-age