[Regia-NA] Spangenhelm pattern critique?

Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:35:54 -0600

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keep in mind that the current theory with this (and most of the more =
well know burial helms) is that the helms themselves were much older =
than the actual burial, i.e. antiques put into graves as goods.
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so if it was crap, it was crap for a long time;)
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Halvgrimr
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Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Spangenhelm pattern critique?

Maybe that's why it's the only reconstructable helm from a definite =
Viking age grave - so crap that they didn't bother to reuse it. [The =
armourers descendants may well have gone on to become Georgian house =
builders] Well it's a theory.
Nick.=20

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