Bronze Age arrowheads from the Tollense Valley shed light on a massive battle over 3,000 years ago, involving over 2,000 participants.
Cambridge University researchers present the first ever analysis of the arrowheads recovered from Tollense Valley, “the oldest battlefield in Europe .”For the first time, Cambridge University researchers present an analysis of the arrowheads recovered from “the oldest battlefield in Europe ” in a new study.
The study overviews the collected evidence but focuses on the bronze and flint arrowheads to locate the groups involved and assess what happened. The weapons reveal a supra-regional conflict, “a clash between local groups and one incoming group from southern Central Europe,” the study states, making it the first battle of its kind.The artifacts and remains uncovered along a 1.86 miles stretch of the Tollense River suggest that a massive battle, the oldest recorded in Europe, occurred in the thirteenth century BCE.
Arrowheads were the most numerous weapons among wooden clubs, knives, palstaves, spearheads, and a sword in Tollense Valley. Thus far, 54 bronze and 10 flints have been dug up from dredged sediments and found in a skull, shoulder joint, and clusters of bones. Even the scratches and small impact fractures on the arrowheads confirm their use as projectiles.
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