Journal:Archaeologia Baltica
Volume 11 (2009): The Horse and Man in European Antiquity (Worldview, Burial Rites, and Military and Everyday Life), pp. 278–282
Abstract
The harnesses of the north European war booty bog finds comprise the only source of information about the mounted warriors in military context. Their equipment suggests that the Germanic military riders probably had the same fighting and riding style as the Roman cavalrymen. Nevertheless, qualitative analyses indicate that the mounted warriors belonged more to a military and social elite, than to a uniformly equipped cavalry.