A new study has confirmed what we already suspected and knew, but in much more elaborate detail: the Bronze Age was a long, long bloodbath. The team of researchers, including experts from Göttingen University, have recreated ancient combat techniques by simulating Bronze Age spear fights. They carefully recreated battles, blow by blow, to understand how these weapons were used and how the marks they bear came to be. Their work has been published in the latest edition of the Journal of Archaeological Science, as the second part of a series. The first, published last month, had assessed Bronze Age swords in Bohemia and Moravia, and conducted similar simulations, offering fresh perspectives on ancient warfare and the evolution of weaponry. Read moreSection: ArtifactsOther ArtifactsNewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later