10-29-2014, 11:23 PM
Mike,
Most surviving fragments of shield covers are too small to tell us much. There are only a handful, mainly from Valkenburg, which survive more or less complete and so could possibly indicate original shield sizes. However, leather generally shrinks with time and it is never entirely possible to know how much a leather item will have shrunk prior to excavation and conservation. A slightly better indicator of shield sizes are surviving pieces of shield edging, a few of which are reasonably long.
Incidentally, I agree with Bryan. This thread should be in the History and Archaeology forum - it concerns neither a rule nor an announcement, after all. Perhaps a moderator might move it to the correct place.
Crispvs
Most surviving fragments of shield covers are too small to tell us much. There are only a handful, mainly from Valkenburg, which survive more or less complete and so could possibly indicate original shield sizes. However, leather generally shrinks with time and it is never entirely possible to know how much a leather item will have shrunk prior to excavation and conservation. A slightly better indicator of shield sizes are surviving pieces of shield edging, a few of which are reasonably long.
Incidentally, I agree with Bryan. This thread should be in the History and Archaeology forum - it concerns neither a rule nor an announcement, after all. Perhaps a moderator might move it to the correct place.
Crispvs
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