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One of the biggest Iron Age weapon hoards in western Germany unearthed
Phys.org ^ | 4/26/2021 | Bob Yirka

Posted on 04/26/2021 2:04:44 PM PDT by Sawdring

A team of researchers with the Westfalen-Lippe Landscape Association revealed during a presentation in the city of Schmallenberg that one of the largest hoards of Iron Age weapons in western Germany had been unearthed at a nearby dig site on a small mountain in Wilzenberg. In their press release, the researchers note that they found approximately 100 Celtic Iron Age artifacts—primarily through the use of a metal detector.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany
KEYWORDS: archaeology; archeology; celts; chat; germany; godsgravesglyphs; ironage; localnews; schmallenberg; westfalenlippe; wilzenberg
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1 posted on 04/26/2021 2:04:44 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: SunkenCiv

Bump!


2 posted on 04/26/2021 2:06:05 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

Those round shaft parts of the spear points look awful accurate to be made during the Iron Age.


3 posted on 04/26/2021 2:10:08 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (som)
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To: Salamander

Stabby toys ping.


4 posted on 04/26/2021 2:10:49 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: antidemoncrat

Those items represented a lot of money at the time.


5 posted on 04/26/2021 2:13:08 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: SunkenCiv

Clank!


6 posted on 04/26/2021 2:13:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: gundog

So the sword confiscation program worked?


7 posted on 04/26/2021 2:14:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: antidemoncrat

—”the spear points look awful accurate to be made during the Iron Age.”

The space aliens assisted the locals; before serving them for dinner.


8 posted on 04/26/2021 2:15:28 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: antidemoncrat

The Celts were amazing blacksmiths. Seen artifacts with incredible detail.


9 posted on 04/26/2021 2:16:08 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: antidemoncrat

Seems like round would be one of the easiest profiles to make.


10 posted on 04/26/2021 2:16:12 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Sawdring

It only took archaeologists 50 years to adopt the technology of metal detecting after it came around. it says some pretty sad things about the people in the profession of archaeology.


11 posted on 04/26/2021 2:17:11 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: a fool in paradise

Swords into Plowshares. No questions asked.


12 posted on 04/26/2021 2:17:53 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: antidemoncrat
Those round shaft parts of the spear points look awful accurate to be made during the Iron Age.

Humans in the past have been as intelligent as modern man for at least 100,000 years. Considering what's going on today I am beginning to think perhaps they were more intelligent.

13 posted on 04/26/2021 2:19:45 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: antidemoncrat

Germanic people were famous for their spears.


14 posted on 04/26/2021 2:21:27 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Yes! I was stunned to read that—not using metal detection for an iron age dig? WTF?


15 posted on 04/26/2021 2:22:24 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative.)
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To: Sawdring

Oh no, the Germans hoarding weapons. This never turns out good.


16 posted on 04/26/2021 2:22:42 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: hinckley buzzard
Yes! I was stunned to read that—not using metal detection for an iron age dig? WTF?

I have a bachelors in anthropology so I can speak with some authority on how useless those "dirt marxists" usually are.

17 posted on 04/26/2021 2:25:06 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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18 posted on 04/26/2021 2:25:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Petrosius

Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
But that couldn’t happen again.
We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they’ve hardly bothered us since then.


19 posted on 04/26/2021 2:26:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gundog

*drool*


20 posted on 04/26/2021 2:26:40 PM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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