Talk:Bronze Age sword

sources please

I am tired of tolerating the unreferenced WP:REDFLAGs here. If anyone has evidence of bronze swords predating 1700 BC, let them produce decent references. --dab (𒁳) 15:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

to be added? https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/5000-year-old-sword-discovered-in-italy-trnd/index.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.116.154.58 (talk) 02:51, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Sounds scetchy

"The early swords, called rapiers, typically h..."

I am a little sceptical about this... Source and reference? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.52.29.72 (talk) 18:17, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Falcata

My understanding is that the Falcata was also made of bronze. Theblindsage (talk) 06:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

more chronological precision please!

"From an early time the swords reach lengths in excess of 100 cm." - a sentence like this is not worthy of being in a serious historical, archaeological article...!!! "From an early time..." - what does this nebulous formulation mean?? data please, figures... see also above: "sources please" - I agree! avanti dilettanti (still: thanx that there is an article at all...)! --HilmarHansWerner (talk) 07:00, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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Origin debate

This page included unverified content on the origin and dissemination of Bronze Age Swords. It listed the development and spread from the Aegean during the Mycenaean era, while failing to provide credible sources verifying with certainty that this was where of the technology originated. Comparatively it could have easily been spread to the Aegean by Mycenaeans during the Indo-European expansion into Greece. Meanwhile Bronze Age swords have been excavated throughout various settlements colonized by Indo-Europeans during the same time period before trade routes were established. This includes the Hajdúsámson-Apa swords and Nördlingen sword found in Central Europe, the Sinauli sword found in North India during the Early Vedic period, etc. None of these have been definitively traced to being derived from the Aegean, since they predate many early Mycenaean swords. This highlights its likely spread by Indo-Europeans. This page stating that it originated from the Aegean, while lacking citation to corroborate the claim, seems like original research. Historians have not been able to trace it's origin and spread with absolute certainty, despite it being found in settlements with common PIE ancestry. Therefore this page should not attempt to hypothesize it's own claims as historical facts. Milk Mead (talk) 20:35, 19 July 2025 (UTC)