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Chapter 1 - p9

This is by no means an unreasonable suggestion. As we shall see in greater detail in chapter 2, Amazons figure prominently not only in classical ethnographic accounts and origin legends from the time of Herodotus through the Middle Ages but also in Roman and medieval accounts of campaigns against “barbarian” Celts, Germanic enemies, and Steppe peoples.5 Moreover, ar- chaeological evidence of women buried with weapons occurs in ancient and medieval tombs from the area of the Black Sea.6 In light of such evidence, perhaps descriptions of Amazons are sim- ply reflections of reality.