10-29-2006, 03:21 PM
Salve Joshua,
There are no new special and complete studies about proportions of imported and made by Barbarian craftsmen swords in Central and Eastern Europe. I know, that M. Biborski have studied this problem recently (phdr thesis) but one doesn`t know when it would be published. I know that the number of imported swords is even shocking. Pattern welding swords were used very willingly. I`ve given one example of such a sword in another topic . link from old RAT
Some useful information you can find in topic link from old RAT
Very good impression of chieftain was created on the exhibition "The spoils of victory. The North in the shadow of the Roman Empire" in Copenhagen, in 2003. Some of noblemen used even lorica hamata and helmets. Apart from sources in Dennmark, there is an evidence on the Polish land, where in the end of 19th century, lorica hamata was found in the "prince-grave" of the Przeworsk culture in Stryczowice, in my region.
There are no new special and complete studies about proportions of imported and made by Barbarian craftsmen swords in Central and Eastern Europe. I know, that M. Biborski have studied this problem recently (phdr thesis) but one doesn`t know when it would be published. I know that the number of imported swords is even shocking. Pattern welding swords were used very willingly. I`ve given one example of such a sword in another topic . link from old RAT
Some useful information you can find in topic link from old RAT
Very good impression of chieftain was created on the exhibition "The spoils of victory. The North in the shadow of the Roman Empire" in Copenhagen, in 2003. Some of noblemen used even lorica hamata and helmets. Apart from sources in Dennmark, there is an evidence on the Polish land, where in the end of 19th century, lorica hamata was found in the "prince-grave" of the Przeworsk culture in Stryczowice, in my region.
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