1 st\' century steppe bows...

[Alanus]

Thanks guys, for the input.
Let me ad the English text from A. V. Simonenko's
"Sarmatian riders of north pontic region"

"The bows of the Scythian type were found
in kurgan 8 of the Akkermen’-II cemetery
(Вязьмітіна та ін., 1961, p. 103) and in the
grave dated to the end of the 1st century AD
near the village of Vesniane, Nikolaev district
(Simonenko, 1997, S. 392)...The earliest finds
of parts of the «Hunic» bows in the Sarmatian
graves are dated to the second half of the 1st
century AD. Besides Porohi, the plates were
found in the Ust’-Labinskaia, 29/1 and the
Suslovsky cemetery, 51/1. On the other hand,
most of the Sarmatian arrowheads of the
1st–3rd centuries AD have the same length
and weight as the Scythian ones. It means
that the majority of the Sarmatian warriors
used the bows of the «Scythian» type and the
Sarmatians sometimes got the «Hunic» bows
as trophies or gifts. During the 1st–4th centuries
AD, the «Hunic» bows gradually pushed
the «Scythian» ones out of the entire steppe
region.

Interesting indeed. Simonenko lists 2 bows of the Scythian style and lists 3 bows of the "Hunnic" version. Looks like 3 Hunnic to 2 Scythian, if my addition is correct... and I'm a professional auditor. 8-)

Then he claims-- from his viewpoint on arrow design-- that the MAJORITY of bows were still Scytian until the latter half of the 1st century AD (Apple Dunking). Hmm! I'm not big on his interpretation, especially when the Physical evidence that he describes is the newer bow style.

He then claims that the Sarmatians got their bows as "prizes or gifts." Obviously, that's because the Sarmatians were backward-thinkers, couldn't develop anything themselves, and were totally impoverished... not just mostly impoverished. :woot:

If you believe that, Folkert, I have more jokes you'll love. illy: