 The high cost of using linen versus other more common materials such as hardened leather, however, suggests that the laminate construction might have been rare or nonexistent.Gregory S. Aldrete has attempted to reconstruct linothorax armor based on ancient depictions and descriptions.In January 2009, Aldrete and Scott Bartell presented a paper discussing the protective qualities of the linothorax at the joint American Philological Association/Archaeological Institute of America Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.