Hay is for Horses: Making and Using a Traditional-Style Irish Straw Harness
The lack of metal lorinery in the archaeological record of early medieval Ireland is addressed through a hypothesis that post-Iron Age bridles were made of straw and rushes, which did not survive deposition. Reconstruction and testing of a straw bridle show the material to be strong and quite suitab...
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| Main Authors: | Rena Maguire, Robert Johnston |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EXARC
2024-06-01
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| Series: | EXARC Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10751 |
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