tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7357951919017334461..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links May Day 2020Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-62283330309862935642020-05-01T10:00:53.786-04:002020-05-01T10:00:53.786-04:00"metholody"
Hoo boy, that's a doozy..."metholody"<br /><br />Hoo boy, that's a doozy of a typo. I swear I read through my posts to double check for mistakes! I just somehow always miss SOMETHING regardless! (Usually several small somethings, but uh... wow... this one was bad.)G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-51288336811404418722020-05-01T09:58:59.160-04:002020-05-01T09:58:59.160-04:00Fighting with replica weapons to understand Bronze...<i>Fighting with replica weapons to understand Bronze Age warfare</i><br /><br />I always approve of practical testing in these sorts of situations. There's been way too much imaginative conjecture in archaeology for a very long time, and the recent trend toward actual experimentation carried out with the help of actual trained practitioners is long overdue and sorely needed,<br /><br />Hence why I enjoyed this article so much - their metholody and conclusions seem sound. However, there's one quote from the article I found particularly jarring for its ignorance, and wish it hadn't been included.<br /><br /><i>“Use them in a clumsy way, and you’ll destroy them,” Barry Molloy, an archaeologist at University College Dublin who wasn’t involved in the study, tells Science.</i><br /><br />Yes, bronze is relatively soft and deforms with hard usage. But the same softness that causes a bronze sword to deform with abuse also makes it relatively easy to fix. If your sword bends slightly, you can quite literally just bend it back into shape with relatively little effort by pressing it over your leg. What's more, properly handled, such a sword can even <i>straighten itself out</i> with further usage, due to inertia and the physics involved.<br /><br />Molloy would likely have known this if he had more exposure to actual, practical testing, of course. Anyone who has actually used a bronze sword with decent technique could have told him how off the mark he is. Pity this armchair conjecturer who had absolutely nothing to with the study in question didn't think to ask, and felt he had any business commenting on the subject. (And pity the journalists didn't know better than to listen to him!)G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com