Acknowledgements

No project can take off without a little funding and lots of in-kind help, and we've had both aplenty! The team wishes to acknowledge the following institutions and friends: 

• Ignite (Newcastle), the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle), and the British Museum for generously funding the project and equipment. 

• Neil Burridge (Bronze Age Craft) for supplying world-class replicas of Bronze Age weapons. 

• Jake Newport (Durham) for carving the wooden shield. 

• Quanyu Wang (British Museum) for metallographic analysis. 

• Jon Allison (Newcastle) and Kate Anderson (formerly Edinburgh) for help with the spear tests. 

• Bede’s World Museum and the Durham University Botanic Garden for generously providing the best experimental grounds one can wish for. 

• The Great North Museum : Hancock for letting us access their collections of Bronze Age weapons. 

• Bob Brooks (Hotspur School of Defence) and his historic fighters for helping us understand European martial arts. 

• Geoff Lowe (Newcastle) and his film crew for filming the field experiments. 

• Lyndsay Short (Newcastle) for media support. 

• David Horan for the photographs - and for risking life and limb when an extra pair of hands was needed to hold a sword! 

• Thea Ravasi (Newcastle) for logistics and web design.