From: Donald R. Oddy (donald@grove.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun 01 Oct 2000 - 22:37:07 EEST
In message <200009301433.HAA30993@chaosium.com> owner-glorantha-digest@chaosium.com (The Glorantha Digest) writes:
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>From: TTrotsky@aol.com
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>Donald Oddy:
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><<Alternatively it may be a relatively recent change and previously they wore
>leggings under their knee length tunics (AKA dresses). >>
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> That would remain the only possibility - and I'm not at all convinced
>it's true.
I don't think there is any real evidence regarding the Inuit one way or
the other. However the first evidence of trousers is on Assyrian carvings
where horsemen are shown wearing what appear to be shorts while footmen
and charioteers wear skirts. Since the Assyrians are the first known
horseriders that implies a link and men's wearing of skirts has for
centuries been restricted to areas where horse riding was uncommon.
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Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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