04-03-2010, 04:07 PM
Alanus/..How are you cutting pasting the quotes of others into your replies?? My way is clumsy and ughly.
I can do smirkies and smileys.
Metalworkers etc are interesting. Herodotus is very keen on his metalworker Arimaspi. They are one eyed and I can imagine it. A blacksmith or smelter without goggles would be!!
Theres that Asp /Horse word again. Sulimirksi has it that Arimaspi were proto Sarmatians but I am not convinced. Tried for years to prove that Sarmaty had portable forges maybe,.
But..it seems the sateppe was once a giant smelting area in the copper age and reduced from deciduous forest to steppe because of that. Some carbon footprint that! Dont know if it is true but it happened in Spain for similar reasons under Roman rule I think .
Tocharians, Cadwynn are a back further back for me. Cant comment.
I can do smirkies and smileys.
Metalworkers etc are interesting. Herodotus is very keen on his metalworker Arimaspi. They are one eyed and I can imagine it. A blacksmith or smelter without goggles would be!!
Theres that Asp /Horse word again. Sulimirksi has it that Arimaspi were proto Sarmatians but I am not convinced. Tried for years to prove that Sarmaty had portable forges maybe,.
But..it seems the sateppe was once a giant smelting area in the copper age and reduced from deciduous forest to steppe because of that. Some carbon footprint that! Dont know if it is true but it happened in Spain for similar reasons under Roman rule I think .
Tocharians, Cadwynn are a back further back for me. Cant comment.
Roderic Wout..
Today\'s truths are often tomorrow\'s lies
Today\'s truths are often tomorrow\'s lies
