I ka wā e ʻeli ai i ka Donau-Ries ma ʻO Bavaria in Kelemānia, ʻ .lauʻala loea ua ʻike i kahi pahi kaua i mālama ʻia ma mua o 3000 mau makahiki. Ua mālama maikaʻi ʻia ka mea kaua a aneane ʻālohilohi.
Ua loaʻa ka pahi kaua keleawe i loko o ka lua kupapaʻu kahi i kanu koke ʻia ai nā kānaka ʻekolu me nā makana keleawe waiwai: he kāne, he wahine a he ʻōpio. ʻAʻole maopopo i kēia manawa inā pili nā kānaka.
Hoʻomaka ka pahi kaua i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 14 BC. ʻo ia hoʻi, ka Middle Bronze Age. He kakaikahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pahi kaua mai kēia wā.
He ʻelele ʻo ia no nā pahi kaua keleawe piha, nona ka ʻūhā octagonal i hana ʻia me ke keleawe holoʻokoʻa (ʻano pahi kaua octagonal). He paʻakikī ka hana ʻana i nā pahi kaua octagonal.
ʻAʻole naʻe e nānā pono ʻia nā mea i ʻike ʻia e ka ʻ .lauʻala loea, aka, he mea kupanaha ke kulana o ka malama ana i ka pahikaua.
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Source:
Ke Keʻena Moku'āina Bavarian no ka mālamaʻana i nā Monuments. Hoʻopuka paʻi. Paʻi ʻia Iune 14, 2023. Loaʻa ma https://blfd.bayern.de/mam/blfd/presse/pi_bronzezeitliches_schwert.pdf
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