The rare artifacts date back to around 500 BCE—and the detectorist's second go was somehow just as fortuitous.
It’s unusual to achieve something on your first try. But Claus Falsby’s successful first go at metal detecting was more than just unusual—it was nothing short of extraordinary.
The sword—bronze with iron rivets—is an especially pertinent representation of this transition. In fact, its rivets might be the earliest known iron discovered in Denmark, according to the archaeologists. It was bent into an S-shape before being offered, allegedly for ritualistic reasons, and the researchers concluded from its design that the sword had been imported from the militant Hallstatt culture that lived just north of the Alps.
“Earlier swords were flimsy and maybe used for stabbing. But now they’re getting tougher, more solid and have a different weight, so you can use them more violently and for chopping. The Hallstatt culture, which spreads relatively quickly, has a warrior ideal and an aggressive structuring that demands conquest, war and conflict. The sword is perhaps an image of this,” Struve explained. “We don’t have many swords of this type in Denmark.
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