Bronze Age Gold from Wales

With a triangular blade bevelled at the edges and with a double groove following the outline. The blade and tang are demarcated by a double chevron on one face and by an assymetrical chevron with three strokes on the other. The tang tapers towards the end.

Tanged spearhead, 1700-1500 BCE.

Bronze Age weapons have been discovered across Europe. They show how important warriors were in these early metal-working communities. Weapons have changed over time. At first flat daggers and knives were the most typical. These were followed by dirks and rapiers for stabbing and thrusting. Towards the end of the Bronze Age, the first true slashing swords became the weapons of choice. Bronze spearheads were also used. 3,700 years ago they replaced bows and arrows as the most common projectile weapon.

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