1400-1700 (Temporal Keyword)

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The Textile Trade with Iceland, AD 1400-1700. (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michele M. Hayeur Smith.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Medieval to Modern Transitions and Historical Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeological textile collections from the North Atlantic and specifically Iceland represent an important data-set with potential for shedding new light on issues of international trade between these remote islands and Northern Europe. Woolen cloth produced by women, along with dried fish, was one of the most...