Barn Renovation in Czech Village Reveals Bronze Age Spearhead Mold
A man in Morkuvky, Czech Republic, during a barn renovation, found a nine-inch stone mold made of volcanic rhyolite tuff used to cast Bronze Age bronze spearheads over 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists from the Moravian Museum confirmed it as a matrix for hollow-based spearheads, highlighting advanced Bronze Age metallurgy and suggesting long-distance trade in raw materials (origin likely from northern Hungary or southeastern Slovakia). The artifact, linked to the Urnfield culture, appears to have been redeposited in the village long after its creation.
