historical textiles

I’d like to recommend two Austrian academics who I have been following on Academia.edu due to their great work on historical textiles, and who have also been able to make most of their papers available on Academia.edu.

Beatrix Nutz, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Beatrix, of Lengberg castle ‘lingerie’ fame, publishes in German and in English. She focuses on the 15th century right now. Some of her recent papers are:

• The Hidden Colours of Lengberg Castle, Austria.
  Publication Name: NESAT XII. The North European Symposium of Archaeological Textiles 21st-24th May 2014 in Hallstatt, Austria. Archaeolingua 33 (Budapest 2015), 51-66.
• Mining for Textiles – Textiles for Mining. Preliminary Report on Textiles from Gold Mining Sites in Austria. Publication Name: NESAT XII. The North European Symposium of Archaeological Textiles 21st-24th May 2014 in Hallstatt associated with Austria. Archaeolingua 33 (Budapest 2015), 25-42.
• DRGENS SN WIR VS NVT SCHAME – No Shame in Braiding. 15th Century Fingerloop Braids from Lengberg Castle. In: Estonian Journal of Archaeology 18/2, 2014
• Dressed to the nines. Kleidung zur Identifikation des sozialen Standes. In: Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich 29/2013, p. 293–301.
• Weaving Pictures. 15th Century Tapestry Production at Lengberg Castle. In: ATR 55, 2013, p. 55-67. Publication Name: Archaeological Textiles Review
• Bras in the 15th Century? A Preliminary Report. In: Johanna Banck-Burgess and Carla Nübold (Eds.) , The North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles XI. (Rahden/Westf. 2013 ) p. 221-225. Publication Name: NESAT XI
• Unters Kleid geguckt. Die Textilien aus der Zwickelfüllung von Schloss Lengberg. In: Zentrum für Alte Kulturen (Hrsg.), Das Zentrum für Alte Kulturen, Atriumhaus, Jahresbericht 2009 (Innsbruck 2010) 64-65.
• How to pleat a shirt in the 15th century. In: Archaeological Textiles Review 54, 2012, 79-91.
• 15th century thread buttons from Lengberg castle
• Hunnische Maide, die mit Brettchen weben. In: Naso, Alessandro; Hye, Simon: ATRIUM. Aktuelle Forschungen des Zentrums für Alte Kulturen 2011 (Innsbruck 2011) 26.

Karina Grömer, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria

Karina also publishes in English and German, and is not only very prolific, but also hands-on when investigating techniques as an experimental archaeologist. She focuses on the early period. Some of her recent publications are:

BOOKS

• NESAT XII. The North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles, 21st – 24th May 2014 in Hallstatt, Austria
• Textiles from Hallstatt. Weaving Culture in Bronze and Iron Age Salt Mines. Textilien aus Hallstatt. Gewebte Kultur aus dem bronze- und eisenzeitlichen Salzbergwerk (Karina Grömer, Anton Kern, Hans Reschreiter, Helga Rösel-Mautendorfer)

PAPERS

• Muster – Farbe – Design. Eisenzeitliche Textilkunst aus Mitteleuropa
• Visions of Dress. Recreating Bronze Age Clothing from the Danube Region
  by Karina Grömer and Lise Bender Jørgensen
• Organische Reste (Textilien, Leder, Stroh) in den frühmittelalterlichen Gräbern aus Adnet und Untereching (Österreich)
• Cloth qualities from 800 BC – 800AD in Central Europe: context – development – handcraft
• Loom-Weights, Spindles and Textiles ? Textile Production in Central Europe from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. Belanová –Štolcová, T. & Grömer, K.




• Begraben mit der Würde seines Amtes. Die Textilreste des Priestergrabes und weiterer Gräber vom Propsteifriedhof in Zwettl.
• The Archaeology of Textiles – Recent advances and new methods. Arheologija tekstila – Suvremena dostignuca i novije metode.more
  by Karina Grömer and Lise Bender Jørgensen
• Coloured Hallstatt textiles: 3500 year-old Textile and Dyeing Techniques and their Contemporary Application by Karina Grömer, Helga Rösel-Mautendorfer, Hans Reschreiter, and Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer

PAPERS (EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY)

• Discovery of a New Iron Age Tablet Weaving Technique from the Iron Age.
• Brettchenweben. Eine Anleitung
• Tablet-woven Ribbons from the prehistoric Salt-mines at Hallstatt, Austria – results of some experiments
• Farbige Bänder aus dem prähistorischen Bergwerk von Hallstatt – Experimente zur Herstellung von Repliken, Schwerpunkt Faseraufbereitung und Spinnen by Helga Rösel-Mautendorfer and Karina Grömer