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Says the file of this sword from the National Archaeological Museum.
“Throughout the Bronze Age we witnessed the emergence of social inequalities and growing competition between communities for the control of economic resources.
With this situation it is not difficult to imagine the appearance of conflicts and the need for elements of defense and protection that would be provided by a socially accepted warrior elite.
Thus, the sword, whose success can be seen in its great typological and technological variety, will become over time a weapon that is more symbolic than effective, a prestigious item that identifies the high social rank held by the warrior”
- GARNISH: the handle made of organic material, antler or wood, is missing as is the one on the previous sheet and, in its place, a drawing has been made to assume what it was like and see its anchorage to the blade. You can see three silver rivets and two that are missing. These fastenings were not very reliable and therefore, later, swords were manufactured in a single piece, joining the hilt to the blade, thus becoming much more compact.
- BLADE: bronze, molded and hammered. Straight, wide and flat, without channels or voids and with a triangular tendency. It decreases until it reaches a fine point. It is attached to the fist with five silver rivets.
Bronze Sword (1700 -1300 BC/1700-1300 BC)
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMAL
Photographs by Ángel Martínez Levas
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Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (spadologist)
