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Two Laotian axes from "Le musée du quai Branly" in Paris
https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...ancier/page/1/ https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...-hache/page/1/ The archaic construction is clearly visible from the Bronze Age. |
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![]() Do you have any ideas how the Celtic bronze axe in the Bronze Age got to Laos? ![]() ![]() Last edited by Saracen; 13th August 2021 at 04:17 PM. |
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There was no trump card in my sleeve
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OK, so the 'Balance Axe' is also a bit weird, iron head and not Bronze Age. And it doesn't have an extened haft to get in the way of chopping, tho why they have the long wood counter-weight is also a bit unclear. |
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re-ren, the axe's haft in your post is not Bronze Age. As noted in the video I posted, wood doesn't survive from that old. Except now some has... at Must Farm.
See below for a better 'reconstruction' — and some just found in an English bog* where the wood actually WAS preserved along with a bunch of (20) socketed axe heads. They attached the head to a branch off the main tree trunk along with a trimmed section of the trunk which formed a bent elbow. They also found a bunch of other stuff, tools, swords, etc. in remarkable condition. Just a bit of mud keeping them from looking new. Top: reconstruction Middle: found haft — they found a bunch just like this. Bottom: Axe heads. Edited: Added one they found with an intact haft *- Must Farm, UK dig. Last edited by kronckew; 13th August 2021 at 07:05 PM. Reason: Added new photo |
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