New "Loose Threads" Entry--More Archaeological News

[cathyr19355]

This one is a find of a nearly complete 3rd century tunic on an icy mountain in Norway. Go here to read it.

Comments

[ericavdg.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these pointers! I loved seeing the photos of the finds and of the other museum objects. Very interesting that a plain tunic had decorative weave; even in prehistory we want our clothes to look nice.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

Yes, and decorative weaves were more important then. I think that's because it was the technique most economically in reach--you don't see a lot of colored patterns on cloth in early finds, for example, nor much embroidery in northern European clothing until the Anglo-Saxon period. (The Vikings were contemporary with the Anglo-Saxons but seem, based on the finds, to have done very little embroidery and not been very good at it.)