Federico Bernardini
Posted on 11/02/2024 6:15:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A 4,000-year-old copper dagger has been unearthed in northeastern Italy's Tina Jama Cave, according to a SciNews report. Federico Bernardini of Ca' Foscari University said that the dagger is similar to copper daggers uncovered in Slovenia. "The findings are essential for understanding the technological, cultural, and social transformations in Europe during that period," added Elena Leghissa of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences. "The discovery of the copper dagger is an exceptional event that raises questions about the cave's use," she added. A structure made of stone slabs and blocks between about 2000 and 1500 B.C. was also excavated near the entrance to the cave. Human skulls were found nearby, indicating that the stone structure may have had a funerary function, or it may have helped to protect the interior of the cave from wind. Flint arrowheads and long blades, polished stone axes, obsidian, stone and ceramic objects, and shell ornaments show that the cave was visited repeatedly over thousands of years, the researchers concluded.
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I guess stilettos hadn’t been invented yet.
this might turn your hand green
That had to wait for women’s shoes to be invented...
Looks like a 4000 year old butter knife?
“The discovery of the copper dagger is an exceptional event that raises questions about the cave’s use,”
The world’s oldest known pawn shop?
I see coprolites on my hikes that look like that. I’ll have to look closer next time I encounter one.
How in the world can archeologists identify something like that as a dagger?
They’ve seen others, and stone blades and tools were also found.
The Neolithic use of butter *spread* across the continent like wildfire. ;^)
Probably, although I’ve often wondered what they called them before the invention of chess. /rimshot
Leather doesn’t survive in archaeological contexts very often, but if they turn up a whip and some handcuffs, there are probably some stilettos in the cave, wait, I’ve said too much.
Looks like a Boy Scout project that failed.
4000 year old spatula!........
The Copper Dagger Caper....
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