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(🎁) Geheimnisvolle Schlacht an der Tollense in #MecklenburgVorpommern#Tollense#Schlacht [Original post on journa.host]

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Mmaniagnosis.bsky.social

Did somebody believe that the bronze age was peaceful?

" The 13th century BC was a time of increased trade and cultural exchange, but the discovery of bronze arrowheads across Germany has suggested it was also when armed conflict arose.

“This new information has considerably changed the image of the Bronze Age, which was not as peaceful as believed before,” Terberger said. “The 13th century BC saw changes of burial rites, symbols and material culture. I consider the conflict as a sign that this major transformation process of Bronze Age society was accompanied by violent conflicts. Tollense is probably only the tip of the iceberg.”"

From https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/23/science/tollense-valley-bronze-age-battlefield-arrowheads/index.html
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DSspiegelmagazin.bsky.social

An der Tollense in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern stießen Archäologen auf die Überreste einer monumentalen Schlacht. Vor allem die Pfeilspitzen aus Bronze geben Rätsel auf.

Geheimnisvolle Schlacht an der Tollense in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Das Tal des Todes
Geheimnisvolle Schlacht an der Tollense in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Das Tal des Todes

An der Tollense in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern stießen Archäologen auf die Überreste einer monumentalen Schlacht. Vor allem die Pfeilspitzen aus Bronze geben Rätsel auf.

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ELedsrlee.bsky.social

One really striking image from the article is this analysis of the location and nature of presumed battle injuries from multiple individuals on to one skeleton.

Location and nature of injuries from the Tollense Bronze Age conflict site. Credit Inselmann L, Krüger J, Schopper F, Rahmstorf L, Terberger T. Warriors from the south? Arrowheads from the Tollense Valley and Central Europe. Antiquity. Published online 2024:1-19. doi:10.15184/aqy.2024.140
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martin1myers.bsky.social

🏺 #archaeologywww.ancient-origins.net/news-history... The date of the Bronze Age collapse in the eastern Mediterranean & the Tollense battle, occurring at similar times, is surely no coincidence. What caused the mass migration moving westwards in Europe and looking for new land in the Eastern med?

New Twist In ‘Europe’s Oldest Battle’ Gleaned From Bronze Age
New Twist In ‘Europe’s Oldest Battle’ Gleaned From Bronze Age

Over 3,000 years ago, in Tollense, a river valley that now lies in northern Germany, two large armies clashed in what is now recognized as Europe’s “oldest-known battle”.

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