01-16-2006, 10:07 PM
Quote:Dan, is there no evidence to support the suggestion that the same type of armour might have been constructed of leather at a later date?There are multiple references to linen armour but I can't think of a single reference to leather armour in Aegean in the Classical era (I don't think spolas refers to armour). There isn't any iconographical evidence that could be unambiguously interpreted as leather either. I find it hard to believe that leather armour was never worn but it doesn't seem common and without references there is no way to know what it might have looked like.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books