Quote:lup_alb:2hdjb6so Wrote:The article will be almost sure in romanian and english since one of the archeologists interested in publishing this, is a canadian studying in Romania.
That is excellent news. Although I am fluent in Spanish, and therefore am able to figure out more or less the general contents of a study written in Rumanian, I am quite sure I would get stuck trying to understand the whole.
Romulus, you mentioned two other findings of mail armour. Do you by any chance know where I can find more information on these (internet or published)?
Regards,
Martijn
I've recently done some research on the Dacian warrior burials of the 2nd-1st C. BC period and I came across some information on mail finds. It turns out quite a bit of mail has been found in Dacian territory. Here are the main finds I have been able to find info on (all of which predate the 1980s). Apologies for not being able to type out all the accents:
Popesti, 2nd C. BC - early 1st C. AD: Outside of this major Dacian settlement, 12 large tumuli were found. As of 2005, only four tumuli had been excavated. Each of them seems to have been for an important chieftain or noble.
Tumulus 1 contained only limited traces of artefacts, with the only piece of armament being a spear socket.
Tumulus 2 contained 12 fragments of a mail coat, fragments of a long Celtic sword, a fragment of a spearhead, fragments of the iron rim of a shield, and what are most likely small fragments of a bronze helmet.
Tumulus 3 contained two fragments of a mail coat, one of which was oxidised onto a fragment of the iron rim of a shield.
Tumulus 4 contained an iron knife, an arrowhead, several pieces of a bit, a lancehead, a fragmentary but largely preserved bronze helmet, an almost whole folded Celtic long sword, a sica with its iron scabbard, the boss of a shield, and fragments of a coat of mail (including one very large folded chunk) including a central button with two outer button appliques with one fastener.
Piscu-Crasani, 2nd-1st C. BC: Fragments of a bronze helmet, like that of Tumulus 4 above.
Radovanu, 2nd-1st C. BC: An entire coat of mail was discovered with some sort of applique, apparently unfolded, along with a bit, and a curved knife, two lanceheads.
Poiana, 2nd C. BC-1st C. AD: A folded coat of mail was discovered alongside fragments of a bronze helmet.
Cetateni: Two tumuli were excavated.
Tumulus 1, 2nd C. BC, contained fragments of a coat of mail.
Tumulus 2, c. 100 BC, also contained fragments of a coat of mail.
Racatau, 100 BC-100 AD: In an excavated tumulus, fragments of a coat of mail found.
In an isolated burial of a Bastarnae noble or chieftain, dating to the time of Augustus, fragments of a coat of mail were found.
It's interesting to note that of the 10 discovered coats of mail in the Balkans that I could find information on, seven seem to have been worn by Geto-Dacian nobles, while only one was worn by a warrior of the Bastarnae, one by a Thracian, and only one by a Celt. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find information on scale armour yet, but I hope that is forthcoming.