12-10-2013, 03:41 AM
This picture is a reproduction of a Neolithic pack found frozen with his owner in the Alps from around 5000 years ago.
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This picture is Egyptian from around 2300 BC
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This picture is of a salt mining backpack from Hallstatt, Austria dating from 8-4th century BC.
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There are also several backpacks from the Medieval period as well that seem to be woven baskets with cloth/leather straps to go over the shoulders.
Why do we have no evidence of "backpacks" during the Roman period?
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This picture is Egyptian from around 2300 BC
[attachment=8529]971c032fd30f3a93914bbf584fe7b79f.jpg[/attachment]
This picture is of a salt mining backpack from Hallstatt, Austria dating from 8-4th century BC.
[attachment=8528]HallstattBackpack.jpg[/attachment]
There are also several backpacks from the Medieval period as well that seem to be woven baskets with cloth/leather straps to go over the shoulders.
Why do we have no evidence of "backpacks" during the Roman period?
Joshua B. Davis
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
