03-30-2004, 09:29 AM
Antoninus, many thanks for your high regard on my knowledge but it is not so vaste!b<br>
As for tanning methods, I can only add that rawhide desn't stand well water and humidity and the surviving archeological items come from dry climates, like the Qasr-Ibrim fort in Nubia.<br>
It is rather stiff too, not proper for garments.<br>
Leather trousers should be made of tanned leather, therefore. If I recall well, oiled leather or alum tanned leather do not survive in water-logged conditions as vegetable tanned leather does. In any case, it is strange that, so far, no parts of leather trousers have been recovered from the big military dumps. But that could be just a matter of chance...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
As for tanning methods, I can only add that rawhide desn't stand well water and humidity and the surviving archeological items come from dry climates, like the Qasr-Ibrim fort in Nubia.<br>
It is rather stiff too, not proper for garments.<br>
Leather trousers should be made of tanned leather, therefore. If I recall well, oiled leather or alum tanned leather do not survive in water-logged conditions as vegetable tanned leather does. In any case, it is strange that, so far, no parts of leather trousers have been recovered from the big military dumps. But that could be just a matter of chance...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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