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Iconic Costumes
This richly illustrated book presents a selection of the rich and varied iconographic material from the Scandinavian Late Iron Age (AD 400-1050) depicting clothed human figures, from an archaeological textile and clothing perspective. The source material consists of five object categories: gold foils, gold bracteates, helmet plaques, jewelry, and textile tapestries and comprises over 1000 different images of male and female costumes which are then systematically examined in conjunction with our present knowledge of archaeological textiles. In particular, the study explores the question of whether the selected images complement the archaeological clothing sources, through a new analytical tool which enables us to compare and contrast the object categories in regard to material, function, chronology, context and interpretation. The tool is used to record and analyze the numerous details of the iconographic costumes, and to facilitate a clear and easy description. This deliberate use of explicit costume shapes enhances our interpretation and understanding of the Late Iron Age clothing tradition. Thus, the majority of the costumes depicted are identified in the Scandinavian archaeological textile record, demonstrating that the depictions are a reliable source of research for both iconographical costume and archaeological clothing. The book contributes with new information on social, regional and chronological differences in clothing traditions from ca. AD 400 to the Viking Age.
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The Valkyries’ Loom
In The Valkyries' Loom , Michèle Hayeur Smith examines
Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in
the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North
Atlantic in the ninth century AD. While previous researchers have
overlooked textiles as insignificant artifacts, Hayeur Smith is the
first to use them to understand gender and economy in Norse
societies of the North Atlantic.
This groundbreaking study is based on the author's systematic
comparative analysis of the vast textile collections in Iceland,
Greenland, Denmark, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands, materials that
are largely unknown even to archaeologists and span 1,000 years.
Through these garments and fragments, Hayeur Smith provides new
insights into how the women of these island nations influenced
international trade by producing cloth ( vaðmál ); how they
shaped the development of national identities by creating clothing;
and how they helped their communities survive climate change by
reengineering clothes during the Little Ice Age. She supplements
her analysis by revealing societal attitudes about weaving through
the poem \"Darraðarljoð\" from Njál's Saga , in which the
Valkyries-Óðin's female warrior spirits-produce the cloth of
history and decide the fates of men and nations.
Bringing Norse women and their labor to the forefront of
research, Hayeur Smith establishes the foundation for a gendered
archaeology of the North Atlantic that has never been attempted
before. This monumental and innovative work contributes to global
discussions about the hidden roles of women in past societies in
preserving tradition and guiding change.
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Silk and tea in the North : Scandinavian trade and the market for Asian goods in eighteenth-century Europe
This book links the trade of the Danish and Swedish East India companies to the British taste for tea, a Scandinavian craving for colourful Chinese silk textiles, import substitutions schemes and natural history in the eighteenth century.It is a global history exploring the exchange of silver for goods in Canton.
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