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Ars Dimicandi about european Reenactment in german news
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Quote:It derives that a reconstruction based on the archaeology only, start from the presupposition of the incompleteness and the uncertainty in the attribution of the piece. Unless were found whole groupings of legionaries, completely armed (segs include). But this it isn’t.
Nah. You cannot re-construct something you do not have.
All you can do is a "theoretical reconstruction", which then should be labelled as one. Apparently it´s not only the methodology you are not familiar with, but also the terminology.
Quote:The principle that the archaeological attestation is the only valid to confirm a thesis, and that the literary, epigraphic or iconographic sources "alone" doesn't constitute a probation, it is simply ridiculous.
Noone here does this. If you´d use the scientific terminology correctly, noone would have a problem, I would say.
Something like "Here´s a theoretical reconstruction of a leather lorica segmentata based on art-historical evidence" would be fine. But actually saying it existed without any finding present is really questionable.

*edit*: Why don´t you com to the RAT conference this year, or next year, so that you can get your theories by way of publication and presentation into the general scientific apparatus, where they will be reviewed and commented by all the experts around? You are very welcome.
Christian K.

No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
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Messages In This Thread
Ars Dimicandi - by Graham Sumner - 10-20-2006, 05:27 PM
Re: Ars Dimicandi - by Tib. Gabinius - 10-20-2006, 05:37 PM
leather armour - by Graham Sumner - 10-20-2006, 06:55 PM
Re: leather armour - by Tib. Gabinius - 10-20-2006, 07:39 PM
Re: leather armour - by mcbishop - 10-20-2006, 08:36 PM
leather armour - by Graham Sumner - 10-20-2006, 09:57 PM
Re: leather armour - by Tib. Gabinius - 10-20-2006, 10:56 PM
leather armour - by Graham Sumner - 10-21-2006, 12:31 AM
EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY. - by Graham Sumner - 10-21-2006, 09:58 AM
Re: Ars Dimicandi about european Reenactment in german news - by caiusbeerquitius - 10-21-2006, 10:44 AM
books - by Graham Sumner - 10-21-2006, 11:50 AM
leather lorica - by Graham Sumner - 10-21-2006, 01:11 PM
Fascia - by Graham Sumner - 10-22-2006, 12:09 PM
so then - by Caius Fabius - 10-24-2006, 09:31 PM
Thank You, Rita - by Restitvtvs - 11-04-2006, 02:36 PM
serious - by Caius Fabius - 11-04-2006, 11:40 PM

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