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Czech Man's Stone in Barn's Foundations Is Rare Bronze Age Spearhead Mold

53 pointsby bookofjoelast Monday at 12:06 PM17 commentsview on HN

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jrrvtoday at 11:01 AM

Such an interesting artefact just sat under some guy's barn... can't help but wonder how many more items like this there are out there, and how many of them we'll never find before they're accidentally destroyed.

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OJFordtoday at 10:10 AM

Bound the halves with copper wire! I always end up with more questions than answers on these things, how was the wire made? I suppose if I'd thought about it, clearly they could do wire for jewellery.

Never ceases to impress me how long ago we were capable of such ornate manufacturing really—most of the time I think progress has been wildly more rapid over the last century or so, and it has in some ways, but in others we're still just doing things we've been doing for millennia.

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gedytoday at 2:14 AM

Interesting topic, but so sad to see the Smithsonian blanketed in tacky popups and scrolling ad banners, yikes

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twooclocktoday at 5:37 AM

Now find the spearehed, please!

Is it possible? What are the chances? Was bronze age production heigh enough?

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