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 1986-2010. See the listings for issues from 2011-2024 in Part One.
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.
A thread to the past: the Huldremose Woman revisited, Margarita Gleba and Ulla Mannering
Errata for ATN 49
ATN Issue 47 (December 1, 2008)
Spindle whorls from 14th -18th century Turku, Finland, Heidi Martiskainen
New discoveries of Viking Age textiles in Ukraine and Russia, Kirill Mikhailov
Workshop on the textiles from Oseberg, Marianne Vedeler
Medieval Textile Tools: Cloth Production Tools at the Åbo Akademi Site in Turku, Finland, H. Kirjavainen
ATN Issue 41 (December 1, 2005)
Handicraft Knowledge applied to Archaeological Textiles – Visual Groups and the Pentagon, L. Hammerlund
Decisions taken in Planning a Replica Artefact, R. Gilbert
ATN Issue 39 (December 1, 2004)
Handicraft Knowledge applied to Archaeological Textiles – Fabric Thickness and Density: a Method of Grouping Textiles, L. Hammarlund
Medieval Archaeological Textiles found in Turku, Finland, H. Kirjavainen
ATN Issue 35 (December 1, 2002)
Fabric Width Control and Sett in Warp-weighted Loom Weaving, W. D. Cooke and L. Hammarlund
A Preliminary Classification of Shapes of Loomweight used on the Warp-weighted Loom, K.-H. Stærmose Nielsen
ATN Issue 31 (December 1, 2000)
Issues in Conserving Archaeological Textiles, M.L. Ryder
Key for the Identification of Fleece Types from Wool Staple Form, M.L. Ryder
Towards a Reading List of Irish Cloth and Clothing, Elizabeth Wincott Heckett
Note: This article is not listed in the Table of Contents but can be found on page 21.
ATN Issue 27 (December 1, 1998)
Textiles of Seafaring, L. Bender Jorgensen and T. Damgaard-Sørensen
A Note on Mineral-preserved Textiles from the Late Germanic Iron Age Cemetery at Nørre Sandgård Vest, Bornholm, Denmark, U. Mannering and E. Peacock
TN Issue 25 (December 1, 1997)
Reconstruction: Costumes for a Chieftain Couple at Ribes Vikinger Museum, B. Kryger
Fleece Types and Iron Age Textiles, M.L. Ryder
AATN Issue 23 (December 1, 1996)
Textile Impressions on Tortoise Brooches from Birka and Vendel, Sweden, A. Malmius
More Textiles at Lønne Hede in Denmark, F. Roberts and L.B. Frandsen
News of the Norse in Greenland, E. Østergaard
ATN Issue 21 (December 1, 1995)
Invisible Crafts, E. Andersson
A New Female Dress from the Migration Period: A Joint Scandinavian Project, E. Høigård Hofseth
Reproduction of Horsehair Tablet Braids from Scandinavia’s Migration Period, A. Sundström
Tablet-woven Bands from the Middle Ages, I. Raknes Pedersen and A. Bergli
New Light on the Origin of Longwools, M.L. Ryder
The Farm Beneath the Sand, E. Østergaard
The Bronze Age Lady from Borum Eshøj, Denmark, C. Holm and P. Olin
Update: New Textile Finds at Lonne Hede, Denmark
ATN Issues 18 and 19 (November 1, 1994)
“Spun-silver” Work Found in a Bishop’s Grave at Sigtuna, Sweden, L. Holmquist Olausson
A Reconstruction of a Blanket from the Migration Period, A. Nørgaard and E. Østergaard
ATN Issue 15 (November 1, 1992)
A Very Preliminary Report on the Find of Textiles and Textile Equipment in Greenland, J. Arneborg
Woolen Sails on the Faroe Islands, B. Naess-Sørensen
Practical Trials with Woolen Sails, M. Vinner
Aspects of Viking (Age) Dress: A Review of the Textile Evidence, V.H.M. Dale
The Bronze Age Belt from Bredhøj, A. Nørgaard and E. Østergaard
Fleece-types of the Bredhøj Belt, P. Walton
A Bronze Age Oak Coffin from Nybøl, Denmark, L. Bender Jørgensen
ATN Issue 9 (November 1, 1989)
The 17th and 18th Century Whaling Age on Svalbard, L. Vig Jansen
The Gotlandic Viking Age Textiles as a Reflection of Society and Trade, K. Gow Sjöblom
An ‘Unusual’ Warp-weighted Loom Described in Njal’s Saga
ATN Issue 7 (November 1, 1988)
Reconstruction of a Viking Costume, E. Munksgaard
Whaling in the Golden Age, Excavations on Spitsbergen
ATN Issue 3 (November 1, 1986)
Iceland. Some Early Examples of Icelandic Knitting, E.E. Gudj6nsson
Denmark. 9th-Century Linen Shirt from Viborg Søndersø, Viborg, Denmark, M. Fentz
Seventeenth Century Textiles from Coffins in Roskilde Domkirke, E. Østergård
Seventeenth Century Textiles from Coffins in Roskilde Domkirke, E. Østergård
This page covers issues from 1986-2010. See the listings for issues from 2011-2024 in Part One.
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