Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence

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Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence

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01-19-2008, 08:15 PM

Dead bone performs completely differently to live bone. The closest we can come to approximating this is using a freshly killed animal. Even a few hours is too long since the skulls become too brittle. What is the nature of the sheep skulls used?

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Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Nerva - 01-13-2008, 08:38 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-13-2008, 08:42 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Nerva - 01-13-2008, 10:46 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-13-2008, 11:40 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 01-14-2008, 10:51 AM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Nerva - 01-14-2008, 01:49 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 01-14-2008, 07:48 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Ebusitanus - 01-19-2008, 07:03 AM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Iagoba - 01-19-2008, 11:10 AM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by M. Demetrius - 01-19-2008, 03:26 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Dan Howard - 01-19-2008, 08:15 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Iagoba - 01-19-2008, 09:19 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by JVL - 01-20-2008, 11:44 AM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Tarbicus - 01-20-2008, 01:44 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by M. Demetrius - 01-20-2008, 03:06 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Dan Howard - 01-20-2008, 08:13 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by M. Demetrius - 01-20-2008, 09:51 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Marcus Julius - 01-21-2008, 04:02 AM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Nerva - 01-21-2008, 04:53 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by M. Demetrius - 01-21-2008, 05:05 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Nerva - 01-21-2008, 05:06 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Sean Manning - 01-21-2008, 05:17 PM

Re: Pilum versus Ballista - Skull Evidence - by Nerva - 01-21-2008, 11:49 PM

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