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Reconstruction of a stone-age Siberian warrior (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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks 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 It was originally made from plates of animal bone, probably from a type of elk called an Altai wapiti (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), that seem to have been glued onto a leather base.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?