Plywood Shields?!
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Publicado em 2025-11-08
Were shields made of plywood? Sometimes, yes! Though not modern plywood by our standards today, ancient peoples would glue wood strips in 2 to 3 layers as an ancient form of ply!!
Known finds with this build pattern:
Fayum Shield - 2nd Century BC
Doncaster Shield - 1st Century AD
Masada Shield Fragments - 1st Century AD
Dura Europos Shield - 3rd Century AD
Kiev Chamber Grave Shield - 10th Century AD
Trondheim Shield - 11th Century AD
Lenzen Castle Shield - 11th Century AD
Info on Masada Fragments from Guy Stiebel:
Info on the medieval shield fragments:
#wood #craft #history #plywood #shield #medieval #roman #ironage #archaeology
Known finds with this build pattern:
Fayum Shield - 2nd Century BC
Doncaster Shield - 1st Century AD
Masada Shield Fragments - 1st Century AD
Dura Europos Shield - 3rd Century AD
Kiev Chamber Grave Shield - 10th Century AD
Trondheim Shield - 11th Century AD
Lenzen Castle Shield - 11th Century AD
Info on Masada Fragments from Guy Stiebel:
Info on the medieval shield fragments:
#wood #craft #history #plywood #shield #medieval #roman #ironage #archaeology
