05-30-2010, 05:10 AM
Correct amundo!
Yes, "checks" (not American Express) existed throughout the then-known world and even beyond. I portray a Roxolanus and wear a tartan scarve as neck protection from my chain mail. Tweeds identical to those found at Halstadtt have been recovered from pre-Tokarian graves in the Takla Makan. Today, in northwestern China, tartan tweeds are still being worn. I have a nice photo of several "Celtic" tweeds hanging from a votive tree at an Issyk Kul sacred spring in Kyrgazstan. All of these must reflect cultural borrowing from the Celts and Tokarians; and so the Germans, Sarmatians, Chinese, and Kyrgaz, likewise acquired checked weaves from their neighbors.
Yes, "checks" (not American Express) existed throughout the then-known world and even beyond. I portray a Roxolanus and wear a tartan scarve as neck protection from my chain mail. Tweeds identical to those found at Halstadtt have been recovered from pre-Tokarian graves in the Takla Makan. Today, in northwestern China, tartan tweeds are still being worn. I have a nice photo of several "Celtic" tweeds hanging from a votive tree at an Issyk Kul sacred spring in Kyrgazstan. All of these must reflect cultural borrowing from the Celts and Tokarians; and so the Germans, Sarmatians, Chinese, and Kyrgaz, likewise acquired checked weaves from their neighbors.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
