An anti-English commenter took issue with my statement that Britain transitioned to full tin-bronze much earlier than most of the rest of Europe.

But yes Britain did move from arsenical copper to tin bronze technology around 2150 BC - centuries earlier than other regions in Europe.

Of course Britain had one of the main sources of tin in Cornwall (black circles on the map), along with a centuries old tradition of copper mining expertise. So it was well placed to make this technological breakthrough.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone ❤️

Óðinn Worship in Christian Sweden

-Saints, Peasants and Warriors
-The Case of Eric Clauesson
-The Case of Ragvald Odenskarl
-Norse Paganism in the Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages, Óðinn worship continued in Sweden post-conversion. The court trials of Eric Clauesson (d. 1492) and Ragvald Odenskarl (d. 1484) provide a great insight into the way Óðinn worship evolved in 15th century Sweden.

All artwork created by Ryan Murray, commissioned by The Chad Pastoralist.

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Regarding the golden hats. The gold is extremely thin and that they only weighed about 350 grams.

All the cones are heavily reconstructed. When they came out of the ground they were very deformed or even shredded. The black and white photo here shows how thin the gold was.

So they couldn't have been used to hold beer or whatever as some commenters suggested. Also, the shape of the bottom could have been made longer in one direction than the other rather easily and so fit a head better than the circular reconstructions. The brims could have been at different angles, too.

And we do have that artwork from Bohuslän with a pair of chaps with cones on their heads, along with the sun wheel and ritual axe symbol. The same symbols also seen on the Bredarör slabs at Kivik along with the cone symbol.

All the evidence suggests these were actually hats and were actually worn, at least sometimes.