{"id":412,"date":"2014-11-30T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/30\/armor-dillo-2\/"},"modified":"2014-11-30T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T15:24:00","slug":"armor-dillo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/armor-dillo-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Armor-dillo?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIf you\u2019re not from these parts, you may not recognize this
\nanimal.  It is an armadillo, a
\ntoothless, burrowing animal of the southern US, Central and South America.  Its distinguishing feature is an armor-like
\ncovering of bony plates, even on his skinny tail.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSo today we are not talking about zoology but about armor,
\ncovering worn to protect the body, more specifically, for protection from
\nweapons.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nEarly man, from the Aleutians to the Andes, wore heavy,
\nleather tunics, leggings and head coverings and carried shields cover in
\nhide.  According to Anawalt (The
\nWorldwide History of Dress), Eskimo men wore \u201carmor\u201d consisting of\u201d a series of
\nlower-body hoops made of double sealskin\u2026the head and neck were protected by a
\nlarge wooden shield covered in sealskin\u201d. 
\nThere is also evidence that Eskimos of the Bering Sea area wore plates
\nof walrus teeth (The Basel Museum).<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n The Pacific coastal
\npeople, Tlinglit and Tsimshian, wore tunics of 
\nmultiple layers of hide. They further protected their bodies with garments
\nmade of wooden rods or wrapped rope around them for protection. For protection
\nof the head and neck some wore heavy wooden face masks.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe Plains Indians carried large shields made from buffalo
\nhide.  Some native tribes wore basketry
\nfor armor or layers of deerskin.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nCentral American, Pre-Hispanic Indians, wore body protection
\nmade of densely quilted cotton. 
\nPatagonian warriors wore bullhide helmets and layers of horsehide.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nEvidence of armor-wearing warriors c.3500BCE was found in Ur
\n(southern Iraq) which was the capital of Mesopotamia.  Excavation of a rubbish dump revealed a royal burial plot.  Amongst the findings was a decayed mosaic,
\nThe Standard of Ur.  According to the
\nBritish Museum it was fashioned from shells, lapis and limestone and consisted
\n(as found) of two main panels known as \u201cwar\u201d and \u201cpeace\u201d.  On the \u201cwar\u201d panel are three horizontal
\nsections depicting Sumarian warriors in battle.  The warriors on foot wore short skirts, covered with a leather
\ncloak with metal studs<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe peoples of Oceania (Sulawesi, New Guinea and the Gilbert
\nIslands and others) wore wicker helmets and cuirasses (a piece of close fitting
\narmor, protecting the neck and back). 
\nThis one-piece body armor was made of coiled bundles of coir (coconut
\nfiber) or rattan held together with fine bast cording.  Beneath the cuirass was worn a shirt, cap
\nand gloves of coir twine.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nNext time we will examine the contribution of metallurgy and the construction of plate armor.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Armadillo If you\u2019re not from these parts, you may not recognize this animal.  It is an armadillo, a toothless, burrowing animal of the southern US, Central and South America.  Its distinguishing feature is an armor-like covering of bony plates, even on his skinny tail. So today we are not talking about zoology but about armor,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}