Bronze Age swords from Bohemia. Experimental use and formation of combat traces

HAVLÍKOVÁ, Markéta a Josef JEŽEK. Bronze Age swords from Bohemia. Experimental use and formation of combat traces. 2020. ISBN 978-80-907270-7-6.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Bronze Age swords from Bohemia. Experimental use and formation of combat traces

Autoři

HAVLÍKOVÁ, Markéta a Josef JEŽEK

Vydání

2020

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Konferenční abstrakt

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ne

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-80-907270-7-6

Klíčová slova anglicky

Bronze Age; swords; experimental archaeology; combat; use-wear analysis

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Anotace

V originále

How the bronze weapons were used is still a valid question in European archaeology of Bronze Age. Plentiful findings of various traces of use on weapons demonstrate not only their practical use, but also the diversity of their use in combat. Warfare was a crucial part of society and was involved in forming structures in prehistoric Europe. The way and form of combat is, therefore, an important aspect of recognition of this social interaction. The use-wear analysis methods are becoming an independent/separate field of study in Czech Republic and are more frequently involved in studying bronze artefacts. The aim of this poster is to illustrate the potential and results of experimental archaeology in combination with use-wear analysis for understanding the Bronze Age swordsmanship. Bronze swords from Bohemia wear traces of practical use, and our interests were mainly to find out the approximate method of their practical use and attempt to interpret the different types of traces. Based on metallographic analysis, replicas of bronze swords were made then used in a controlled environment (the origin of every trace was recorded) and later on in the swordfight simulation experiment. This poster presents the progress and preliminary results of our experiment, and above all discusses the relationship between specific combat movements and types of traces.