Buck_Thorn t1_ituq7g2 wrote
I found a 4,000-6,000 year old (4,000-2,000 BCE) Native American copper spear point while metal detecting a street tearout in Minnesota. That sort of puts AD 600 – 1000 into a new perspective.
Tatsunen t1_itutca5 wrote
And the first known stone spear points date back to around 460,000 years ago, which really puts the period when metal weapon use began into perspective.
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/81-1303/trenches/523-south-africa-earliest-spears
Even that is millions of years after the first use of stone hand axes and other tools though.
sintos-compa t1_itus7xn wrote
Ah but bronze orientation day! https://youtu.be/nyu4u3VZYaQ
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