12-20-2005, 02:15 AM
So how do the North Americans manage it?
http://s8.invisionfree.com/Bronze_Age_C ... id=4498999
There are dozens of similar shields on American rock paintings and three rawhide shields of a similar size were found by Pectol in 1923.
In addition, Colin Taylor in Native American Weapons, (University of Oklahoma Press, 2001) quotes a native description of warfare in which the bearers of large circular shields protect companions in a manner very similar to that described by both Homer and Tyrtaeus.
FWIW I have never used the phrase "man-height". I use "full-height" which I define as covering "chin to shin" or "neck to ankles" as described by Homer.
http://s8.invisionfree.com/Bronze_Age_C ... id=4498999
There are dozens of similar shields on American rock paintings and three rawhide shields of a similar size were found by Pectol in 1923.
In addition, Colin Taylor in Native American Weapons, (University of Oklahoma Press, 2001) quotes a native description of warfare in which the bearers of large circular shields protect companions in a manner very similar to that described by both Homer and Tyrtaeus.
FWIW I have never used the phrase "man-height". I use "full-height" which I define as covering "chin to shin" or "neck to ankles" as described by Homer.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books