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History of backpack
At the beginning of human history, bags appeared almost together with the development of human beings. Since humans began to live in groups, bags specially designed to accommodate travel items have appeared.
There were generally two types of bags in the very early days, straw or leather. The relics of Ötzi the Iceman who lived 5,300 years ago include a sheepskin backpack containing some stone tools.
Because Ötzi and his relics were frozen, this leather bag has been preserved to this day. We can see that the bag at that time was actually a bag tied to the body or clothing with a leather strip. This bag design has been used in some areas for three thousand years. Including ancient Chinese bags, this kind of design was once worn on the body.
Due to the passage of time, apart from the leather bag on Otzi, it is difficult for us to see actual ancient bags. However, we can still see the shadow of some bags in ancient books or paintings.
Bags are generally divided into three series: back, shoulder and hanging. Let’s talk about the backpack first.
Backpack
Looking at the pattern records of these two ancient backpacks, it seems that the earliest backpacks were jointly supported by the head and back.
Today's backpacks evolved from this uncomfortable-looking carrier, which was actually used until the early 20th century.
The early carrier was just a wooden frame. Until the Middle Ages, the carrier was composed of a wooden frame and rope. This type of carrier structure was still seen in the countryside even in the early 20th century.
On the basis of this kind of backpack, adding leather or cloth wrapping, it became the earliest backpack. The time when this kind of backpack appeared is unknown, but it is not seen in medieval paintings, so it must have been after the Middle Ages at least.
We can see examples of this kind of backpack in travel photos of an indigenous Indian settlement. Of course, it has become a prop to enhance the tourist atmosphere. However, it can be seen that such products may have been used by these tribes for a long time.
There is a similar backpack design in Africa, here is a rucksack once used by a salt mine miner. It is also developed from a simple structure, but it has not developed into a fully wrapped form.
Around the 16th century, the concept of a backpack began to appear, or rather, the physical backpack that survives to this day appeared. Early backpacks still have uncomfortable wooden back frames. Only after seeing this real thing can we understand why some past novels wrote about backpacks wearing out their backs.
Many times, the concepts of backpack characters that appear in various games come from the backpack design of this period, as shown below.
From the design drawings of a backpack (stand) in the 16th century, it can be seen that the design at that time was used as a carrier. The backpack already had an inner bag, but the entire equipment had to be put down to open it.
Another backpack from the 17th to 18th century, the concept of ergonomics must have been completely absent at this time.
You can see that the backpacks used in the Western pioneers also had wooden frames. The body of the bag is rolled into a ball and can be large or small depending on what is inside.
In fact, the scientific expedition teams of the last century also used similar equipment. The back frame was replaced with a back plate, which could be towed away at critical moments.
Take a look at the hard-core equipment of the scientific expedition team of the last century.
Let’s look at the civilian backpack design at the beginning of the last century. In the Cthulhu mythology, which is very popular among young people today, the backpacks of investigators may look like this.
This design is still used in military equipment today, which shows how successful the back frame design is. This design can maximize a person's load-carrying capacity. If combined with a high-tech mechanical power skeleton, a humanoid crane will appear. The styles of heavy-duty travel backpacks and large military backpacks are basically in this vein.
Backpacks without wooden frames first appeared in ancient oil paintings.
In modern times, some similar bags from the 17th to 18th centuries have been discovered. These bags did not have a back frame at all. Instead, the wooden frame was replaced by a rope or a hard leather sheath, and the rope sheath or leather sheath was tied above the waist to bear the weight. However, since there is no hard load-bearing frame, these bags are not large in size and should be suitable for daily use.
The specific structure is like this. This is probably the prototype of the modern lightweight backpack.
In the 1950s, the leather loop on the backpack was removed, and this bag became the main bag for civilian use. Most of today's schoolbags and small travel backpacks are designed from this.
Hard leather backpacks like the Cambridge bag that modern young people like appeared in the 19th century and were originally military supplies. In Napoleon's time, soldiers from all over Europe had almost one piece of equipment. Because they are popular enough, the layout designs on modern student backpacks and business bags all come from these military backpacks.
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