09-15-2006, 09:13 AM
Quote:Are lorica segmentata hinges specific to LS styles? What I am really getting at is can you identify the type of LS from the surviving hinge? If a hinge turns up in an archaeological dig can they tell if it is Corbridge or Newstead or Kalkriese or something else? Or conversely if one were reproducing a Newstead, for example, would there be specific hinges that would be more at home on it than on a Corbridge?.
Yes the hinges are distinct to the variants - Kalkriese are small and not lobate, Corbridge are small and lobate, Newstead large and lobate. Hinged fittings (hinged buckle and strap fittings) look very similar between Kalkriese and Corbridge types but can be distinguished (there are no hinged strap fittings for Newstead).
Mike Bishop
