08-10-2012, 08:55 AM
Hello Daryush, :grin:
The arrowheads from the Massagetae grave were illustrated in a Russian article reproduced by a somewhat fanatical website called Turkoworld or something nationalist like that, their gist being all steppe tribes, including Massagetae and Alans, spoke Turkic... the real gist being these tribes were Turkic in origin. I called the website guru on that bit of nonsense, but he never replied to me.
The interesting thing about the 7th Cent. BC arrowheads is #10, an armor-piercing bodkin. It shows that effective armor was worn very early on; and like I mentioned on another thread, steppe armor is incredibly old... being perfected in the Bronze Age.
The rest of the illustrations are from Iron Age Cultures of the Steppes (I think that's the name), edited by Jeanine Davis-Kimball and written by several Russian authors. A fairly informative book. Also see Sulimirski, The Sarmatians. I gave this author four stars on Goodreads, holding back a star for his vagueness in describing the difference between the Saroumatae and Sarmatians. :wink:
The arrowheads from the Massagetae grave were illustrated in a Russian article reproduced by a somewhat fanatical website called Turkoworld or something nationalist like that, their gist being all steppe tribes, including Massagetae and Alans, spoke Turkic... the real gist being these tribes were Turkic in origin. I called the website guru on that bit of nonsense, but he never replied to me.
The interesting thing about the 7th Cent. BC arrowheads is #10, an armor-piercing bodkin. It shows that effective armor was worn very early on; and like I mentioned on another thread, steppe armor is incredibly old... being perfected in the Bronze Age.
The rest of the illustrations are from Iron Age Cultures of the Steppes (I think that's the name), edited by Jeanine Davis-Kimball and written by several Russian authors. A fairly informative book. Also see Sulimirski, The Sarmatians. I gave this author four stars on Goodreads, holding back a star for his vagueness in describing the difference between the Saroumatae and Sarmatians. :wink:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
