Composite Bow Climate
http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/Mountaineers_in_Mongolia
.. see video: rainy weather at mongol conquest times ?
but bad for composites ?
:wink:
.. see video: rainy weather at mongol conquest times ?
but bad for composites ?
:wink:
We've known for some time that the lifetimse of Genghis Khan and his immedicate successors fell within the great medieval warming. So increased rainfall, (as compared to pre-and post warming) could produce more grass.
But remember that warming doesn't always refer to very much higher temperatures; it could be a moderate rise maintained over much of the year. So, quite probably it was not hot enough and moist enough to adveresly affect a composite bow.
But remember that warming doesn't always refer to very much higher temperatures; it could be a moderate rise maintained over much of the year. So, quite probably it was not hot enough and moist enough to adveresly affect a composite bow.
I think in their day they may have had good ways of coating their bows against rain. Tung oil is a good candidate, for example. This was used to seal the bows in hot and humid Chengdu from moist. There may have been other ways as well.
-Peter
-Peter