Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
The ones in that book are made from wood or ivory. Bone is very brittle and pretty useless as an armouring material. Perhaps they have misidentified the material and it is really some kind of horn.
Quote:What I'm wondering is aren't the drawings at the top of the article from a different find?
Yep. It is a common typoology in the north - both in north America and north Asia. They are just assuming that these bone splints can be assembled into the same type of armour. We won't know until they piece everything together. It is a pretty cool find in any case.
True. But even if it is the same type of armor, it's sloppy writing to find an older image and imply that it's a reconstruction of this specific object.
Dan D'Silva
Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
The diagrams at the top of the article and the reconstruction are taken out of a Russian book Siberian Warriors and Weapons which unfortunately I do not understand but it was printed in 2003 and the images are quite good. Included a closeup of the knife the warrior depicted in the top image of Siberian Times page is holding. :-)
