08-19-2005, 01:24 AM
Jason,
I took my thought from Diaz, as I stated. His references to cotton armor are made in a matter-of-course way such that the reader is assumed to be familiar with the process, which is common knowledge. The brine soaking is used in the context to attest to its quality, and is sometimes omitted from English translations, I noticed. Mine comes from an Argentine edition with the original Castilian on one page and English on the other. And someone borrowed it and I need to get it back.
I know of no archaeological evidence, and I suspect there is none. I hope I am wrong on this and someone else has something. Salt on fabric would naturally be assumed to be from natural sources during the in situ interment and probably not noted. Allowance must also be given the scarcity of ancient fabrics. My tests were done on speculation and do not prove anything.
What we really need is a sealed chamber with a skeleton wearing full equipment clutching his dated detailed discharge papers, and a stack of issue equipment receipts next to it. Plus his illustrated autobiography.
Gaius Decius Aquilius
(Ralph Izard)
Who still has his equipment issue records from 1970 listing things I never received, that I was made to pay for on discharge.
I took my thought from Diaz, as I stated. His references to cotton armor are made in a matter-of-course way such that the reader is assumed to be familiar with the process, which is common knowledge. The brine soaking is used in the context to attest to its quality, and is sometimes omitted from English translations, I noticed. Mine comes from an Argentine edition with the original Castilian on one page and English on the other. And someone borrowed it and I need to get it back.
I know of no archaeological evidence, and I suspect there is none. I hope I am wrong on this and someone else has something. Salt on fabric would naturally be assumed to be from natural sources during the in situ interment and probably not noted. Allowance must also be given the scarcity of ancient fabrics. My tests were done on speculation and do not prove anything.
What we really need is a sealed chamber with a skeleton wearing full equipment clutching his dated detailed discharge papers, and a stack of issue equipment receipts next to it. Plus his illustrated autobiography.
Gaius Decius Aquilius
(Ralph Izard)
Who still has his equipment issue records from 1970 listing things I never received, that I was made to pay for on discharge.
