I've spent the week as a bone-idle bum, finally got this stuff caught up.
Posted on 08/22/2020 3:44:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A rare, fully intact sword from the 10th century has been found at the bottom of a lake.
The sword which is decorated with a cross and has the remains of its leather scabbard, was discovered along with artefacts dating back to the times of the first Piast by archaeologists exploring Lednica Lake, between Poznan and Gniezno...
The younger bridge dates back to the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, while the older to the beginning of the 10th. The wood used for its construction was cut down in the years 913 and 914...
Underneath the bridges' remnants, the archaeologists uncovered 21 objects, including the early medieval ornamented sword and two axes, other weapons such as arrowheads and crossbow bolts from the 13th and 14th centuries, as well as a sickle from that period...
The notable 10th-century sword and axe couldn't belong to a regular warrior and point to people of importance travelling to Ostrów Lednicki. The axe, similar in style to Scandinavian ones, was inlaid with silver and adorned.
The sword was decorated with a cross, a common European trope, but a rare find considering the place and time when it was made. Other findings include ceramics and animal bones.
Using photogrammetry (measuring and scanning the place to create a model), the researchers mapped the bottom of the lake and even 1.5 meters below it and created a detailed 3D model of the area.
The method led to another discovery, which provided new information on the settlement's role and size.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefirstnews.com ...
Boat accidents are nothing new.
I've spent the week as a bone-idle bum, finally got this stuff caught up.
Okay, who polluted the lake? Fess up.
The guy who lost the sword mussed have been Piast.
Immediately thought of that line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
“The guy who lost the sword mussed have been Piast.”
Oh my. Face palm. :)
Sword registration and buy backs ... so it took a while before people understood that they were only to claim it had fallen overboard....
Lol
Dendrochronology is an accurate dating method. It is good to within a year.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
And yet there it was....in the lake....under the bridge...sounds like something a golfer would do after a really bad stroke.
I didn't know you were *called* Dennis.
Some moistened bink.
The first Freeper canoeing accident.
Regarding ddchr accuracy, a wiggle match can nail down a pretty accurate date, but in practice artifacts can’t be dated that accurately (one year).
More about dendrochronology:
http://www.pbs.org/time-team/experience-archaeology/dendrochronology/
As long as we’re on RC dating, this always bugs me when it appears:
“The wood used for its construction was cut down in the years 913 and 914..”
“The tree was cut down in 980, during the reign of Duke Mieszko I, the first documented ruler of Poland.”
Unless bark is present, the radiocarbon date doesn’t and can’t show anything of the kind (apart from an unverifiable coincidence).
They finally found Excalibur. Give it to Trump.
I believe the term used was “Watery Tarts”.
I see what you did there .. .
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