Section: Warfare Variables
Subsection: Military Technologies Armor

Laminar Armor

The absence or presence of laminar armor as a military technology used in warfare. (also known as banded mail, example: lorica segmentata). armor that is made from horizontal overlapping rows or bands of sold armor plates.  

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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity Name
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Confidence Inferred : The value is inferred.
Suspected : The value is suspected (Expert Check Needed).
Evidenced : The value is backed up by sufficient evidence.
Disputed? No : No disagreement among scholars.
Yes : There is disagreement among scholars.
Expert? : Not yet Checked by a Seshat Expert.
: Checked and accepted by a Seshat Expert (or RA).

Variable Definition Choices
laminar_armor The absence or presence of laminar armor for a polity. - present
- absent
- unknown
- Transitional (Absent -> Present)
- Transitional (Present -> Absent)

# Polity Year(s) Laminar Armor Description   Edit
51
(Hellenistic Crete)
Full Year Range of Hellenistic Crete is assumed.
[-323, -69]
present
None
52
(Hawaii II)
Full Year Range of Hawaii II is assumed.
[1200, 1580]
absent
None
53
(Iban - Pre-Brooke)
Full Year Range of Iban - Pre-Brooke is assumed.
[1650, 1841]
absent
None
54
(Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial)
Full Year Range of Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial is assumed.
[1841, 1987]
absent
None
55
(Kalingga Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Kalingga Kingdom is assumed.
[500, 732]
unknown
None
56
(Mataram Sultanate)
Full Year Range of Mataram Sultanate is assumed.
[1568, 1703]
unknown
None
57
(Canaan)
Full Year Range of Canaan is assumed.
[-2000, -1175]
absent
None
58
(Yisrael)
Full Year Range of Yisrael is assumed.
[-1030, -722]
absent
None
59
(Deccan - Iron Age)
Full Year Range of Deccan - Iron Age is assumed.
[-1200, -300]
unknown
None
60
(Chuuk - Early Truk)
Full Year Range of Chuuk - Early Truk is assumed.
[1775, 1886]
absent
None
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