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Tools for Textile Production from Birka and Hedeby

by Eva Andersson

The graves of Birka have yielded Sweden's largest assemblage of Viking Age textiles and textile tools, providing a unique opportunity for understanding both Viking costume and its creation. This well-illustrated study examines some of the 2500 tools and recreates their use in creating yarn, dress and sails. Sections examine textile techniques, raw materials, dyeing, spinning and weaving, and the nature of textile production in and outside the home. Andersson considers the types of tools found at Birka and Hedeby, including spindle whorls, loomweights and needles, their distribution and the wider picture of texile production across Viking Scandinavia. 166p, b/w figs (Excavations in the Black Earth 1990-1995, Birk Studies 8, 2003)

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