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Aspects of gender identity and craft production in the european migration period

AuteurHarrington S.

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Jaar2008

PublicatietypeBoek

SerieBAR British Archaeological Reports International Series

Volume1797

SubtitelIron weaving beaters and associated textile making tools from England Norway and Alamannia

Pagina’s138

UitgeverJohn and Erica Hedges Ltd

PlaatsOxford

ISBN9781407302188

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Exemplaar73832 ReknummerT-4-3-e

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Introduction 1-2

Theoretical aspects of gender and textile production 3-10
  • Introduction , p. 3
  • Gender theory , p. 4
  • Gender and craft production , p. 4
  • Textiles in archaeology and anthropology with reference to gender , p. 5
  • Textile manufacturing , p. 6
  • Bestowal and exchange , p. 6
  • Legitimisation , p. 7
  • Identity , p. 7
  • Cloth and gender , p. 7
  • Gender in Migration Period archaeology , p. 8
  • Gender and status , p. 9
  • Pagan religious elements in the burial assemblages , pp. 9-10

The historical context 11-15
  • Continuity and change from the Roman period , p. 11
  • Settlement and reorganisation , p. 11
  • The influence of the Franks , p. 11
  • The maintenance of links with the homelands , pp. 12-13
  • The Kentish economy and means of exchange , p. 14
  • The role of textile production within a changing economy , p. 15

Textile production in the Migration Period and earlier 16-25
  • Pre-Roman Iron Age textiles , p. 16
  • Textiles of the Roman Empire , p. 16
  • Post-Roman Empire textiles , p. 17
  • Pre-Roman Iron Age textiles in Britain 500 bC to AD 50 , p. 18
  • Roman Period Britain , p. 18
  • Post-Roman Britain and the Early Anglo-Saxon period , pp. 19-22
  • The archaeological evidence for textiles in early Anglo-Saxon Kent , p. 23
  • The archaeological and documentary evidence for costume , pp. 23-24
  • Concluding remarks , p. 25

Textile production processes - the evidence from East Kent 26-28
  • An outline of textile production process , p. 26
  • Estimates of labour input , p. 26
  • Textile tools in burial contexts: East Kent AD 410 to 750 , pp. 26-27
  • Production regimes: the evidence from England , p. 28

Migration Period weaving swords: a literature review 29-38
  • Introduction , p. 29
  • The English corpus , pp. 29-33
  • The European corpus , pp. 34-37
  • Discussion , p. 38

Significant women? A discussion of the English corpus 39-45
  • Dover , p. 39
  • Finglesham , p. 40
  • Ozengell , p. 41
  • Saltwood , p. 41
  • Sarre , p. 42
  • Breakesbourne , p. 42
  • Spong Hill , p. 43
  • Chessel Down , p. 43
  • Mitcham , p. 43
  • Edix Hill Barrington , p. 43
  • Butler's Field, Lechlade , p. 44
  • Holywell Row , p. 55
  • Concluding remarks , p. 45

Morphologies and uses of European weaving swords 46-51
  • Distribution , p. 46
  • Functional attributes , pp. 47-48
  • An assessment of their use for specific cloth types , pp. 49-51

Weaving swords and weapon swords in burials 52-54
  • Introduction , p. 52
  • Findings , p. 52
  • The placement of weaving swords into burials , pp. 53-54

Spindle whorls 55-61
  • Spindle whorl recording , p. 56
  • Spindle whorl function , p. 56
  • Spindle whorl wheights , p. 56
  • Burials with multiple whorls , p. 57
  • Comparative evidence: Norway , p. 57
  • Other European examples , p. 58
  • Comparative evidence: Kentish settlements , p. 59
  • Issues of spindle whorl shapes , p. 59
  • Spindle whorl provenances , p. 60
  • Cultural associations of women buried with spindle whorls , p. 61

Other textile tools in English burials 62-68
  • Shears , p. 62
  • Combs , p. 63
  • Heckles , p. 64
  • Thread boxes , p. 64
  • Needles , p. 64
  • Pin beaters , p. 65
  • Thread pickers , p. 65
  • Tablet weaving square , p. 66
  • Tablet weaving square , p. 67
  • Modified pig fibulae , p. 67
  • Loomwheights , p. 67

Spear shaped iron weaving beaters 69-71

Discussion and synthesis 72-78
  • Modes of textile production , p. 75
  • Conclusions , pp. 76-78
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