Textiles of the Viking North Atlantic

Alexandra Lester-Makin is the Post-Doctoral Researcher for textiles on 'Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard', an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project jointly run by the National Museum of Scotland the University of Glasgow. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

• Introduction Note on Old Norse characters Part I: Textiles and their Interpretation 1. Sheep, Wool and Fleece Processing: where it all began - Carol Christiansen 2. Potential Insights on Archaeological Textiles: The Nature of Preservation and the Conservator's Eye - Elizabeth E. Peacock 3. King Harald's Grey Cloak: Vararfeldir and the Trade in Shaggy Pile Weave Cloaks between Iceland and Norway in the Late Viking and Early Middle Ages - Michèle Hayeur Smith 4. Re-clothing the Inhabitants of Tenth-century Dublin based on Archaeological Evidence - Frances Pritchard 5. The Sensory Archaeology of Early Medieval Fabrics from the North Atlantic - Alexandra Lester-Makin 6. The Function of Written Textiles in the Íslendingasögur - Rachel Balchin 7. The Medieval Mantles of Hibernia: Functional, Aesthetic and Markers of Ethnic Identity - Dolores Kearney Part II: Understanding through Replicating 8. Making the Best of it: Planning Decisions for Reproduction Fabrics - Ruth Gilbert 9. The Importance of learning Old Things in Order to gain New Knowledge - Ann Asplund 10. Collaborative Working Practices: creating and theorising Sprang - Carol James 11. From Wool to Mitten - when History comes to Life in your Hands - Liselotte Öhrling and Anna Josefsson Glossary Index