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Among the peat and sediment left by the river, a series of remains have been found (the result of excavations carried out by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Department of Historic Preservation and Greifswald University) that tell us about a battle of unprecedented magnitude. At that time, around the year BC, bones were found in an area of m , including skulls. Horses, weapons of different quality and various decorative elements complete the picture of a combat that represents the first indication of large-scale violence during the Bronze Age that we cannot even trace in theoretically more advanced contemporary societies such as the Egyptian or Greek ones . Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/S. Suhr Arrowhead impact on one of the bone remains found in the Tollense Valley. Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/S. Suhr The remains of the combat were perfectly preserved by the conditions of humidity and chemical composition of the soil resulting from the fall of the corpses of the defeated on the river bed.
The analysis of these remains has allowed forensic archaeologists to reconstruct the weapons used in the confrontation, based on the wounds they inflicted, and has made it possible to create a typology of clubs, axes, swords, spears and arrows B2B Email List made of wood, flint and bronze. in the case of the most sophisticated ones. The panoply of combatants tells us of the existence of a warrior class that fought on horseback with high-quality weapons and probably had war training, commanding a larger contingent of warriors equipped with improvised weapons such as wooden clubs. Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/S. Suhr Artifacts carried by the bodies found at the Tollense Valley site. Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/S. Suhr Before being thrown into the river, many of the bodies were looted by the victors, but luckily those that fell during the combat in the deepest areas of the stream preserved a series of decorative elements of great value to researchers.
Rings, bracelets and other prestigious elements made of gold, bronze and tin tell us about the differences in status between some combatants and others. Another interesting aspect of the battle is the enormous number of people who had to take part in it. Researchers speculate around , participants, most of them men, which represents a new level in the organization of societies at the time. The difficulties in raising this army must have been even greater, if we take into account that the majority came from areas very far from the Tollenberg Valley, which could have been Scandinavia, southern Europe or present-day Poland. enkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/D. Jantzen Skull with obvious signs of violent death found in the Tollense Valley. enkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/D. Jantzen The discovery of the.
The analysis of these remains has allowed forensic archaeologists to reconstruct the weapons used in the confrontation, based on the wounds they inflicted, and has made it possible to create a typology of clubs, axes, swords, spears and arrows B2B Email List made of wood, flint and bronze. in the case of the most sophisticated ones. The panoply of combatants tells us of the existence of a warrior class that fought on horseback with high-quality weapons and probably had war training, commanding a larger contingent of warriors equipped with improvised weapons such as wooden clubs. Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/S. Suhr Artifacts carried by the bodies found at the Tollense Valley site. Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/S. Suhr Before being thrown into the river, many of the bodies were looted by the victors, but luckily those that fell during the combat in the deepest areas of the stream preserved a series of decorative elements of great value to researchers.
Rings, bracelets and other prestigious elements made of gold, bronze and tin tell us about the differences in status between some combatants and others. Another interesting aspect of the battle is the enormous number of people who had to take part in it. Researchers speculate around , participants, most of them men, which represents a new level in the organization of societies at the time. The difficulties in raising this army must have been even greater, if we take into account that the majority came from areas very far from the Tollenberg Valley, which could have been Scandinavia, southern Europe or present-day Poland. enkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/D. Jantzen Skull with obvious signs of violent death found in the Tollense Valley. enkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Landesarchäologie/D. Jantzen The discovery of the.