01-08-2009, 12:11 PM
I am sure there will be no dates for all cases and sometimes dates will be unsure at best. In that case, form should be used to position it in between other finds with similar characteristics of known date. If date is not known and form is unrelated with any other, it should be put aside for the time being and just named for the findspot. It will not be a practicaly usable helmet for re-enactment anyway, because you would not know which other gear to wear with it (or just combine it with leather armour :lol: ) It will just sit there in limbo untill another helmet comes around with similar shape and a date.
The Miks table on swords shows overlapping and co-existing of several types, there are three types op Pompeji around during several decades, and late Mainz overlaps early Pompeji. The same could/should be seen with helmets.
The Miks table on swords shows overlapping and co-existing of several types, there are three types op Pompeji around during several decades, and late Mainz overlaps early Pompeji. The same could/should be seen with helmets.
