07-28-2008, 04:54 AM
Great stuff!
It would seem that the asymmetrical bow was born before the Huns even hit the historical continuum! What we are seeing is a broad and probably fast-moving adoption of a "great improvement." No culture, Hunnic or Alanic, rode uninfluenced upon the steppes, everything in flux.
At this moment, I am over at the other topic (Late Sarmatian and Early Alanic Costume) discussing this issue of cross-influences.
Thanks for this gemmo!
Alanus
A.J the old bow-twanger
It would seem that the asymmetrical bow was born before the Huns even hit the historical continuum! What we are seeing is a broad and probably fast-moving adoption of a "great improvement." No culture, Hunnic or Alanic, rode uninfluenced upon the steppes, everything in flux.
At this moment, I am over at the other topic (Late Sarmatian and Early Alanic Costume) discussing this issue of cross-influences.
Thanks for this gemmo!
Alanus
A.J the old bow-twanger
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
