by Lisa-Anne Bauch
As a textile history buff, one of my favorite publications is Archaeological Textiles Review (ATR). Archaeological Textiles Review is an academic—but highly readable—journal disseminating current research involving archaeological textiles, including detailed information on weaving, spinning, and dyeing. (The publication was previously known as ATN, or Archaeological Textiles Newsletter.)
Archaeological Textiles Review is published annually by the Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen. It includes research from around the globe, from cordage in Chile to loom weights in Hungary, cat mummies in ancient Egypt to whalers’ graves in the Arctic Circle.
Below is a list of articles related to archaeological textiles in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland, as well as a handful on Ireland and Greenland. Note: In the interest of space, I have not included the published reports on annual meetings, research conferences, Ph.D. dissertations, etc. but they are well worth perusing. Each issue of ATR also includes a “Resources” section devoted to recent publications in the field. Early issues include extensive bibliographies of the same.
This page covers issues from 2011-2024. See the listings for issues from 1986-2010 in Part Two.
All issues can be read online or downloaded for free from the website. All issues can also be purchased as print-on-demand copies from the University of Copenhagen Webshop. Avid readers might consider donating to support the ongoing work of ATR. Happy reading!
The journal images below link to the full pdf issues.
ATR Issue 66 (December 25, 2024)
Textile research in the recent pre-digital past, Lise Bender Jørgensen
Wool fibre quality in Danish prehistoric textiles: a 3,000 year survey, Irene Skals, Ulla Mannering and Eva Andersson Strand
Icelandic mittens from archaeological contexts, Charlotte Rimstad, Ulla Mannering, Joe W. Walser III, Freyja H. Ó. Sesseljudóttir and Susanne Mueller
Imported fur in Viking Age Denmark and its importance as a visual marker, Luise Ørsted Brandt
Female dress in the Late Viking Age, Charlotte Rimstad
Textile colours of the Viking Age (TeCoVa), Ulla Mannering
ATR Issue 65 (December 27, 2023)
Children’s clothing and funeral attire in the 10th to 12th centuries in Finland, Krista Wright, Jenni Sahramaa and Ina Vanden Berghe
Save the Loom: Defining, documenting and preserving looms, Susanne Lervad and Kathrine Vestergaard Brandstrup
ATR Issue 64 (December 1, 2022)
A chieftain’s colourful garments: microinvasive analysis of Norwegian Snartemo V textiles, Krista Wright, Maarten R. van Bommel, Tuija Kirkinen, Jenni Suomela, Jani Seitsonen and Janne Ruokolainen
Fulled red hose: a grave find from Ravattula Ristimäkiin south west Finland dated to the early 13th century, Jaana Riikonen and Juha Ruohonen
Shirts for life and eternity in the grave of Bishop Peder Winstrup (1605–1679), Pernilla Rasmussen
Norwegian double-cloth: warp-weighted loom experiments in a complicated technique, Katherine L. Larson and Marta Kløve Juuhl
Textile Resources in Viking Age Landscapes (TRiVal), Eva Andersson Strand
ATR Issue 63 (December 1, 2021)
Raincoats or riches? Contextualising vararfeldir through multi-perspective experiments, Julia Hopkin
Golden textiles from Gokstad, Marianne Vedeler
Viking Age textiles and tapestries: drawings by Miranda Bødtker, Lise Bender Jørgensen, Dagfinn Moe and Hana Lukesova
The textile bog find from Vong in Denmark, Ulla Mannering, Charlotte Rimstad and Irene Skals
Reconstructions revived: a handweaver’s personal perspective, Anna Nørgård
Margrethe Hald: the quest for the tubular loom, Ulrikka Mokdad and Morten Grymer-Hansen
Fashioning the Viking Age: status after the first three years, Ulla Mannering
ATR Issue 62 (December 1, 2020)
Animal hair evidence in an 11th century female grave in Luistari, Finland, Tuija Kirkinen, Krista Vajanto and Stina Björklund
The Gällared shroud: a clandestine early 19th century foetal burial, Elizabeth E. Peacock, Stina Tegnhed, Emma Maltin and Gordon Turner-Walker
ATR Issue 61 (December 1, 2019)
Blue dyed textiles in Early Iron Age Europe: Accessible or exclusive?, Patricia Hopewell and Susanna Harris
Household textiles (and production) in and beyond the Viking Age, Eva Andersson
ATR Issue 60 (December 1, 2018) Note: This issue had a special focus on knitwork.
The church cap and the crypt cap: Early modern knitted fragments found in Denmark, Maj Ringgaard
Knitted fragments of clothes excavated from the Swedish 17th century flagship Kronan, Helena Lundin
Fashioning the Viking Age, Ulla Mannering
ATR Issue 59 (December 1, 2017)
Reconstructing the Tunic from Lendbreen in Norway, Marianne Vedeler and Lena Hammarlund
Making a Reconstruction of the Egtved Clothing, Ida Demant
The Red-Blue Conundrum: an Archaeo-linguistic Approach to Red Dyes and Blue Flowers in Prehistory, Mikkel Nørtoft
The Textile from Tvis in Denmark, Ulla Mannering
ATR Issue 58 (December 1, 2016)
Red Heels: The Symbol of a Power Shift in 17th-Century Copenhagen?, Signe Groot Terkelsen and Vivi Lena Andersen
Germanic Linguistics and Textile Words, Nikolai Brink Sandbeck
ATR Issue 57 (December 1, 2015)
Exploring a Medieval Patterned Silk Weaving in Honour of its Master Designer, Irene Skals
Early Iron Age Tablet Weaving in Denmark, Lise Ræder Knudsen
ATR Issue 56 (December 1, 2014)
Investigating Wool Fibres from Danish Prehistoric Textiles, Irene Skals and Ulla Mannering
A Forgotten Cultural Heritage: Late Antique Textiles in Swedish Museum Collections, Maciej Szymaszek
ATR Issue 55 (December 1, 2013)
Weaving Pictures: 15th Century Tapestry Production at Lengberg Castle, Beatrix Nutz and Claudia Ottino
Spinning with the Hand Spindle: An Analysis of the Mechanics and its Implications on Yarn Quality, André Verhecken
ATR Issue 54 (December 1, 2012)
Ginderup – Textiles and Dress from the Bronze Age Gleaned from an Excavation Photograph, Sophie Bergerbrant, Sølvi Helen Fossøy and Lise Bender Jørgensen
Mathematical Image Analysis on Historical Textiles, Kristian Ryder Thomsen and Mathias Londin Larsen
Shimmering Cloth, Like the River by this Path: Bjørkum, Lærdal, and the Role of an Inland Production Site in the Viking Age, Ben Cartwright
A 17th Century Woman’s Cap from Haarby Church, Denmark, Camilla Luise Dahl and Esther Grølsted
Discovery of a New Tablet Weaving Technique from the Iron Age, Lise Ræder Knudsen and Karina Grömer
ATN Issue 53 (December 1, 2011)
A 16th century silk fabric fragment from northern Finland, Sanna Lipkin and Anna-Kaisa Salmi
The digitally available Scandinavian-related articles from 1986-2010 are listed in Part Two of this article