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THE somewhat ponderous title of the work before us rather obscures the subject of this monograph, which is upon the origin and history of defensive armour, a theme of considerable cultural importance and here treated systematically for the first time. As a result, we have a masterly description of Oriental protective armour, and suggestive fresh light is also thrown upon certain sources of early Chinese civilisation.
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âChinese Clay Figures.â Part i., Prolegomena on the History of Defensive Armour. By B. Laufer . Field Museum of Natural History Publication 177, Anthropological Series, vol. xiii., No. 2. Pp. 69â“315 + 64 plates. (Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1914.)
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WADDELL, L. Chinese Defensive Armour 1 . Nature 96, 229–231 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096229f0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096229f0