| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Contents |
Ancient evidence for linen armor -- Structural variants and decorations on type IV armor -- What material was used to make type IV armor? -- Reconstructing the linothorax -- Arrow test methodology and materials -- Arrow test results -- Wearability issues -- Economic and social considerations |
| Summary |
An extensive multiyear project in experimental archaeology, this study presents a thorough investigation of the linothorax, linen armor worn by the Greeks, Macedonians, and other ancient Mediterranean warriors. Because the linothorax was made of cloth, no examples of it have survived. As a result, even though there are dozens of references to the linothorax in ancient literature and nearly a thousand images of it in ancient art, this linen armor remains relatively ignored and misunderstood by scholars. Combining traditional textual and archaeological analysis with hands-on reconstruction and experimentation, the authors unravel the mysteries surrounding the linothorax |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Linen -- History
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Breastplates -- Design and construction
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Armor, Ancient -- Greece -- Design and construction
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Linen
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Greece
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aldrete, Alicia
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Bartell, Scott
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| LC no. |
2012027051 |
| ISBN |
9781421408200 |
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1421408201 |
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