Textiles, textile production and clothing were essentials of living in prehistory, locked into the system of society at every level – social, economic and even religious. Textile crafts not only ...produced essential goods for everyday use, most notably clothing, but also utilitarian objects as well as representative and luxury items. Prehistoric clothing and their role in identity creation for the individual and for the group are also addressed by means of archaeological finds from Stone the Iron Age in Central Europe.
The burial ground on the Obere Holzwiese consists of 215 burials and is therefore by far the largest uncovered burial site of Carolingian times in Lower Austria north of the Danube. It belonged to a ...fortified central settlement, a center of power, the core of which built a 'manor farm'. In addition to the comprehensive archaeological analysis the volume contains investigations concerning archaeobotanics, material analyses, metallography, anthropology, textiles and leather.
Studies of the typical late Neolithic Corded Ware beakers are usually undertaken from a morphological point of view, and describe the shape and decoration of the vessel. Interesting details can, ...however, also be identified via the technical description of the twisted cord impressions. In this paper, a clear methodology of such a technical analysis is presented. This analysis points out different quality standards of both the vessels and their patterning. The cord impressions have also been correlated with organic finds of cords from the same period. With the help of experimental archaeology, facts were investigated which elucidate the possible raw material used for the cord impressions, the quality of the clay, and the surface condition of the beakers.
Textiles, textile production and clothing were essentials of living in prehistory, locked into the system of society at every level – social, economic and even religious. Textile crafts not only ...produced essential goods for everyday use, most notably clothing, but also utilitarian objects as well as representative and luxury items. Prehistoric clothing and their role in identity creation for the individual and for the group are also addressed by means of archaeological finds from Stone the Iron Age in Central Europe.
Textilien, Textilhandwerk und Kleidung bilden wichtige Lebensgrundlagen des urgeschichtlichen Menschen, mit Auswirkungen auf viele Aspekte des Lebens, seien es soziale, wirtschaftliche oder religiöse. Mit diesem Handwerk wurden nicht nur wesentliche Güter des täglichen Bedarfs - allen voran Kleidung - hergestellt, sondern auch Gebrauchswaren sowie repräsentative Objekte bis hin zu Luxusartikeln. Urgeschichtliche Kleidung und ihre Rolle als Identitätsmarker für die einzelnen Menschen, wie auch für Gruppen, werden mittels archäologischer Funde aus der Stein- bis Eisenzeit Mitteleuropas behandelt.
Textilien gehören wie Holz zu jenen Materialgruppen, die zwar im täglichen Leben der Menschen in der Urgeschichte eine sehr große Rolle spielten, über die man aber aufgrund der schlechten ...Erhaltungsbedingungen vergleichsweise wenig weiß. Aus hallstattzeitlichen Gräbern mit großem Metallreichtum sowie aus dem Salzbergwerk Hallstatt bekommt die Wissenschaft jedoch einen kleinen Eindruck davon, wie bunt, vielgestaltig und auch dekorativ Textilien in der Hallstattzeit um 800 bis 400 v. Chr. waren.
The current article presents the archaeological and archaeozoological evidence about the exploitation and utility of sheep wool for garments in Austria and its neighbouring countries. For this aim, ...the finds of sheep bone and textiles will be discussed, combined and evaluated in order to gain insights into the history of sheep, and especially its economic exploitation. The finds derive mainly from sites in Austria from the Neolithic to the Roman period.
In present day, cattle and pigs are by far the most common farm animals in Austria; the wild forms of both species have/had their natural habitat here. Nevertheless, the archaeozoological and archaeological results show that sheep have gained a place in the cultural history of Austria too. To name one example, textiles from Hallstatt salt mine indicate that sheep wool products played a very important role in Central Europe as early as the Middle Bronze Age.
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