A bit out west wouldn't be entirely wrong for the terracotta army. After all,
her contemporaries regarded the Qin as a semi-barbarous state from the Western
peripheries. Maybe not _that_ far out west, but I still wouldn't expect Qin
dress to be the "standard" form of dress in the more central ar
Well, the original question was about third century BC. Reasonably ancient
by my standards.
"Mongol Costume" is documentation for the early 20th century. Not ancient
by any standards.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:07 AM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
> So what is "ancient"? before recordered history? I ha
So what is "ancient"? before recordered history? I have been making
(interpreting) some of designs that are
described as pre 900...basic clothing that is compared with Roman and
Greekdraping and fittings..as counterparts to Northern China extant pieces. Can
you point me to more recent sources th
