Hey @BretDevereaux did you happen to see this study submitted earlier this month?: Bronze Age Swordsmanship: New Insights from Experiments and Wear Analysis https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-020-09451-0 …
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Agreed, a few here and there (iirc there was a solid find in Wales a year or two ago) but they are indeed vanishingly rare. Either way, quite liked their methodology and hope they apply it to broader set of weapons and armor. Keep up the writing, it's great!
The best represented ancient iron-age sword-type I can think of are La Tene IIs and IIIs. But there's less mystery as to how they were used (primarily cutting, with a shield, etc). Where there'd be debates to settle would be gladii and xiphoi, but those are damn rare.
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The Vindolanda finds would be useful on that score but their being cavalry swords would make Hermann et al's methodology a bit challenging. Also not sure of their present state since the unearthing.
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