Baseball bats and croquet mallets, the first Euro-Cup?
To: Covenantor
For your ping list perhaps?
2 posted on
05/22/2011 6:39:52 AM PDT by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: SunkenCiv
3 posted on
05/22/2011 6:42:13 AM PDT by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
Interesting stuff. Ancient Germany was one place even the Romans never conquered, even though they did try. The Black Forest was someplace you simply never came out of, which is why the Romans usually didn’t go there; kind of for the same reason the Romans did not regularly venture North of Hadrian’s Wall in Britain...
A couple of years ago someone unearthed the remains of a large Roman attempted retreat out of Germany where the entire Roman column had eventually been slaughtered over a miles long march. Smithsonian magazine had an excellent article, and I may try and did it out of the bookcase later to refresh my memory.....
4 posted on
05/22/2011 7:02:55 AM PDT by
Bean Counter
(Did I dig deep on this one, or what...??)
To: Covenantor
What was going on, in Europe, c. 1200 BC?
Massive population migrations, the collapse of the Hittite Empire, Egypt’s invasion by the “Sea Peoples”, etc. If there was a period where you’d expect large-scale war in Germany, this would be it.
5 posted on
05/22/2011 7:06:35 AM PDT by
jdege
To: Covenantor
Not much of a picture, but this is the bat and the mallet:
6 posted on
05/22/2011 7:14:28 AM PDT by
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To: Covenantor; SunkenCiv
The weapons used were apparently arrows and wooden clubs, so how is it they call this a “Bronze Age” battle site?
7 posted on
05/22/2011 7:20:09 AM PDT by
Repeal The 17th
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To: Covenantor
If they find any jet skis and beer bottles, then it was probably my ancestors holding a family reunion.
8 posted on
05/22/2011 7:24:39 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Covenantor
“The injuries included skull damage caused by massive blows or arrowheads, and some of the injuries appear to have been fatal.”
This struck me as odd. By definition, those remains found on the battlefield are of people whose wounds were ultimately fatal.
9 posted on
05/22/2011 7:28:32 AM PDT by
sayuncledave
(A cruce salus)
To: Covenantor
10 posted on
05/22/2011 7:28:54 AM PDT by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Covenantor
To: Covenantor
remains of two wooden clubs, one the shape of a baseball bat and made of ash Amazing artifact.
34 posted on
05/22/2011 10:11:05 PM PDT by
EternalVigilance
(Capital punishment is pro-life.)
To: Covenantor
My ancestors fought naked in the snow BTTT
37 posted on
05/23/2011 4:07:51 PM PDT by
MattinNJ
(Will a hero rise in 2012?)
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