12-07-2007, 04:19 PM
Hi there Gaius Julius Caesar 
That shield is currently in a series of hot debates within Russian academia as there isnt enough evidence as yet to establish if they were carried like this all the time during combat (perhaps on horseback), if he was simply just buried like this or if this was the way the shield was carried when not in use. Ethnographic photos of Siberian tribes - I believe one is posted on this site somewhere - show that they were carried like this.
Its one of those things that would benefit from a reproduction to be made and then a spot of experimental archaeology with reenactors could find the answer.
At the moment the consensus is that the slot is for hand to hand combat, but again I would like to see some experiments carried out between a Scythian and some Hoplites to see if this would work
hock:
Any volunteers? :lol: :wink:
That shield is currently in a series of hot debates within Russian academia as there isnt enough evidence as yet to establish if they were carried like this all the time during combat (perhaps on horseback), if he was simply just buried like this or if this was the way the shield was carried when not in use. Ethnographic photos of Siberian tribes - I believe one is posted on this site somewhere - show that they were carried like this.
Its one of those things that would benefit from a reproduction to be made and then a spot of experimental archaeology with reenactors could find the answer.
At the moment the consensus is that the slot is for hand to hand combat, but again I would like to see some experiments carried out between a Scythian and some Hoplites to see if this would work
hock: Any volunteers? :lol: :wink:
Regards,
Syr Ateas/Marika
Bronze and Iron Age Archaeology covering Scythians (Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads):
[url:2wfjs7br]http://www.csen.org/[/url]
Syr Ateas/Marika
Bronze and Iron Age Archaeology covering Scythians (Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads):
[url:2wfjs7br]http://www.csen.org/[/url]
