‘Riveted Mounts’ Reconsidered: Horn Composite Combs in Early Medieval Britain, Ireland and France

Riddler, Ian; Trzaska-Nartowski, Nicola; Soulat, Jean

doi:10.1080/00665983.2012.11020919

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“…It must be mentioned beforehand that the academic literature on the topic is quite scanty; our knowledge on horn-working mainly derives from publications (books 4 or online resources 5 ) on this craftsmanship aiming at a non-academic audience (with some exceptions, such as Schmidt 1891;Andés 1925;Vuilleumier 1980;Hardwick 1981;Stone 1988;Lehmkuhl 2005;Schaverien 2006;Nieuwenburg-Bron 2007;Rijkelijkhuizen 2008). In general, medieval archaeologists and historians have not paid much attention to the process of horn-working, its trade and craft, although some work has been done on the topic (for medieval and post-medieval horn-working, see, for example: Ulbricht 1984;Lauwerier and van Heeringen 1995;Weisgerber 1998;MacGregor et al 1999;Ervynck et al 2003;Riddler 2004;Ashby 2005;Schibler 2007;Riddler et al 2012;Rijkelijkhuizen 2013;Yeomans 2008;Konczewska 2011;Pawłowska 2011;; however, many publications are punctual case-studies or provide only short mentions to horn-working.…”

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New Trends in Iberian Zooarchaeology

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The study of faunas from Iberian archaeological sites has been an erratic process that, starting in the mid-nineteenth century witnessed repeated periods of development and neglect. This lasted until the last decades of the 20th century when it definitively entered a prolonged trajectory of expansion in both Spain and slightly later in Portugal. The author, who started work in the 1970s, reviews some of the landmarks of these developments from his personal standpoint and, despite all the problems that still plague research on this field, feels that the best of Iberian archaeozoology is yet to come.

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Technologies of Appearance: Hair Behaviour in Early Medieval Europe

Ashby¹

2014

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SummaryPersonal appearance in general -and the grooming of hair in particular -has long held a position of interest in historical, art-historical, and literary scholarship. The same cannot be said of archaeology, and the material aspects of personal grooming in the construction and communication of identity have not been fully synthesized. As a result, little attempt has been made to understand the social role of hair in less well documented societies, such as those of early medieval northern and western Europe. This paper considers archaeological, iconographic and documentary evidence for the significance of, and physical engagement with hair in early medieval northern and western Europe, and offers a model for the interpretation of grooming as a social phenomenon. It is argued that grooming was a socially meaningful practice, and that it played a key role in the construction of early medieval identities, as well as in the maintenance and manipulation of boundaries and distinctions between individuals and groups.

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‘Riveted Mounts’ Reconsidered: Horn Composite Combs in Early Medieval Britain, Ireland and France

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Technologies of Appearance: Hair Behaviour in Early Medieval Europe

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