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Originally posted by dsiets:
I talked to my Viking buddy. He said they didn't go that far west and they were into bronze at the time.

The so-called Viking culture thrived between 700 and 1200 AD, and their weapons technology was based on iron and steel, not bronze. Bronze began to be used for weapons in the Middle Easts some 2500 years BEFORE the Viking era.

No doubt it was used for some decorative items, but not arrowheads.

tac

Yes copper mining and smelting technology is very old in Northern Michigan. In fact some research seems to indicate that Mediterranean shipwrecks have copper ingots aboard that can be linked to N Michigan thru molecular analysis and spectrography. When you go up there you can see the entrances to many old mines and remains of ancient smelting sites. There are examples of copper knives that have been found.

This time frame is easily into early Linear A times. For those that don't know Linear A is pre classical Greek, Linear B is the oldest known Greek/minoan/mycenean lanuage. Starting 1450-1100 BCE. Linear A predates that.

That being said, Ther has been match to Great Lakes Copper in early greek finds. There is also speculation that some of the tin that started the bronze age came from the same general area of great lakes copper.

The Phoenicians were fantastic saliors, minors and general organizers.

That arrow/head is so cool. Would love to know more about how it is constructed and how it was used.

My personal theory....

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Originally posted by pbslinger:
That arrow/head is so cool. Would love to know more about how it is constructed and how it was used.

Use is easy.

The pointed end goes into the other man.