Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - New Book

[Dan Howard]

According to Aldrete's figures, his magical glued linen construction provides better protection than a similar weight of hardened steel. It should be noted that some very well funded multi-national companies tried for decades to come up with body armour that provided better protection than hardened steel. Every combination of fibre and glue known to man was exhaustively tested and they came up with nothing until the invention of aramid (kevlar).

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I share your view regarding the Dura Europa piece, yet I think that Granger-Taylor's article has a merit in terms of the connection between twining and armour, as said article mentions twined coconut fibre armour from Oceania. After all, armour made by using the twining technique exists. Here is an example

Are you sure that the weave is twined? All of the reports I've read simply say that the Kiribati coconut fibre was "woven" without anything more specific. It is hard to find a close-up photo but this one at Pitt Rivers doesn't look like a twined weave.
http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/index.ph...eania-222/