Archaeologists from Britain, Germany and China, studying the weapon, I tested copies of swords of the bronze age in conditions close to the fighting.
according to the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, experimenters have tried to determine the origin of characteristic marks on these swords, discovered during archaeological excavations. It turned out that such traces could occur in real battles. In this case, apparently, in battle used special techniques to keep the weapon from a relatively soft metal.
Experts have tested seven of swords remakes and compared the resulting traces with the markings 110 on historical swords. During his experiment, the archaeologists struck with swords to spears and shields of wood and bronze, and also parried the blows from each other. Also was used of crossing swords, the preferred weapon of soft bronze.
footprints in the weapons modern fencers were comparable with those recorded on the swords of the Bronze age. However, as it turned out, the development of fighting techniques swordsmen of the past, received in battle marks on the blade often appeared closer to the edge of the sword.
