Origin of the lorica squamata

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I might have missed the III-IV millennia armor articles , usually read about the Saka and Sarmatians, but these are rock drawings from Upper Altai of warriors http://history.novosibdom.ru/files/u4/sibir_22.jpg , although they are dated to the late III/ early II millenium or Bronze Age.
I have this Russian publication by Solov'iev where II millennium armor of horn plates are discussed and reconstructed - these come from southern Siberia, burial ground of Sopka-2 (scale armor), Rostavka (plate-lamellar) http://history.novosibdom.ru/files/u5/sibir_30.jpg : these were excavated by V. I. Matyushenko (Tomsk University, 1988; and the findings are located in the Archeological Museum of the Tomsk University, Siberia). In his book Solov'iev offers breathtaking reconstructions of the warriors of these cultures (Seymiysko-Turbynskaya http://history.novosibdom.ru/?q=node/36 & Krotovska http://history.novosibdom.ru/files/u5/sibir_35.jpg )
this is a reconstruction of Andronovo chariot from Solov'iev http://history.novosibdom.ru/files/u5/sibir_49.jpg
That book should be translated into English, it is a shame
Alanus, what a succinct synopsis of proto-Indo-European cultures' impact on the Chinese, Central Asia and ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt! Just one caveat as to American Indians - they most likely had wooden armor/leather (later cotton quilted armor) and soft -leather helmets, definitely the ones in the North America had those protections against arrows and clubs..
Dan, when I get some time I will dig into Gorelik book to show these scales and other pieces of armor he discusses