Developing an Integrated Approach to Ancient Textiles at the Centre for Textile Research in Copenhagen, 2005-2015

Strand, Eva Andersson; Mannering, Ulla; Nosch, Marie‐Louise

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“…While this trend seems to drastically decrease to 25 % in the Early Iron Age (Frei et al 2017a), it has been suggested that the marked technical similarities in the production of many of the preserved Nordic Bronze Age textiles would suggest 'local' (i.e. Nordic) weaving production (Strand et al 2016). In this way, wool and bronze seem to point to similar patterns of trade and production insofar as raw materials were imported to Scandinavia for local crafting.…”

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The Early Nordic Bronze Age oak coffin burials include some of Europe’s best preserved human remains. Although traditional typological examinations thereof have not always found clear foreign references, recent provenance investigations from Egtved and Skrydstrup suggest that the two women were of non-local provenance. In order to investigate potential mobility patterns and how these might or might not be related to the archaeological evidence, we conducted comprehensive multi-analytical investigations on the Ølby Woman, another key female oak coffin burial. Her grave included large metal items, the remains of a corded skirt and a glass bead recently identified as of Egyptian origin. Strontium isotope analyses of the dental enamel of Ølby’s first, second and third molars investigate her provenance and potential mobility through childhood. Furthermore, we conducted lead isotope analyses and craft technical analyses of her belt plate and sword/dagger. Our results reveal that the Ølby female’s strontium isotope signatures fall within the local baseline, suggesting that she was of local origin. The metal provenance studies and craft technical studies of the belt plate and sword suggest that the objects were manufactured in Scandinavia, while the raw materials for each item were imported from different places in Europe.

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Old Textiles – New Possibilities. Ten Years on

Strand

Mannering

Nosch

2022

Ancient Textile Production From an Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Bronze Age Textile & Wool Economy: The Case of the Terramare Site of Montale, Italy

Sabatini

Earle

Cardarelli

2018

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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At the onset of the 2nd millennium bc, a wool economy emerged across continental Europe. Archaeological, iconographical, and written sources from the Near East and the Aegean show that a Bronze Age wool economy involved considerable specialised labour and large scale animal husbandry. Resting only on archaeological evidence, detailed knowledge of wool economies in Bronze Age Europe has been limited, but recent investigations at the Terramare site of Montale, in northern Italy, document a high density of spindle whorls that strongly supports the existence of village-level specialised manufacture of yarn. Production does not appear to have been attached to an emerging elite nor was it fully independent of social constraints. We propose that, although probably managed by local elites, wool production was a community-based endeavour oriented towards exports aimed at obtaining locally unavailable raw materials and goods.

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Developing an Integrated Approach to Ancient Textiles at the Centre for Textile Research in Copenhagen, 2005-2015

Abstract: Référence électronique Eva Andersson Strand, Ulla Mannering et Marie-Louise Nosch, « Mise en oeuvre d'une approche globale des textiles anciens au Centre de recherche sur les textiles de Copenhague »,

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