This week's science news was bursting with discoveries of archaeological treasures, starting with the revelation that a foundation stone for a Czech garden barn was actually a Bronze Age spearhead mold.
The mold, carved into ancient volcanic rock and dating to roughly 1350 B.C., is a relic of the ancient Urnfield culture, a late Bronze Age culture from Central Europe that's known for burying their cremated dead in urns across the Carpathian Basin and beyond. Making uniform weapons with molds such as these made armed conflict easier to sustain, while also enhancing the political and trading clout of the peoples in the region.
