Glued Linen Armour- a simple test

[Dan Howard]

Do you know which archaeological evidence they drew on in reconstructing these bows? And what sort of Scythian bows were they - those of the western Scythians or Saka? Or did they just use "Scythian" as a generic steppe term?

They cite the examples found at Tuva and Kurgan 2 in the south of Kerc. The book is well worth buying. Among other papers, there is an article on the Dendra Panoply in which the author tries to convince the reader that Mycenaeans used it to fight duels with a sword in each hand. And a very good article about Egyptian scale armour written by Hulit and Richardson - including results from shooting reconstructions with arrows. There is also a write up by Barry about his survey of Bronze Age Greek and Irish swords as well as the results of his experiments with attacking various shields with these swords.