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Reconstruction of a stone-age Siberian warrior (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/stunning-reconstruction-reveals-warrior-and-his-weapons-from-4-000-year-old-burial-in-siberia

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That shield is much larger than I would expect. It looks like it would be a challenge to maneuver with it given how tall it is.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago

Yeah, same. the article has another picture of Siberian uncle with it strapped to his back and enemy arrows sticking out while he's shooting, and it says:

The researchers also reconstructed the large shield. It was originally made from plates of animal bone, probably from a type of elk called an Altai wapiti (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), that seem to have been glued onto a leather base.

A couple other thoughts:

at night, if you lean it up against a tree I bet you have half-decent rain protection.
in battle I wonder if you could plant them in the ground for protective cover.
in emergency, maybe you could use it as a sled to drag things behind you?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Might just be to get out of arrow distance and into stabbing distance.

[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 8 months ago

Reading your comment I was actually wondering if they had bows and arrows in this age already... Luckily I thought of looking at the picture once more before googling it.