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War and worship : textiles from 3rd to 4th-century AD weapon deposits in Denmark and Northern Germany / Susan Möller-Wiering ; with a contribution by Lise Ræder Knudsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Möller-Wiering, Susan, author.
- Series:
- Ancient textiles series ; Volume 9.
- Ancient Textiles Series ; Volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile fabrics, Ancient--Schleswig (Germany and Denmark).
- Textile fabrics, Ancient.
- Water-saturated sites (Archaeology)--Schleswig (Germany and Denmark).
- Water-saturated sites (Archaeology).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Schleswig (Germany and Denmark).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Thorsberg Site (Germany).
- Schleswig (Germany and Denmark)--Antiquities.
- Schleswig (Germany and Denmark).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; Oakville, Connecticut : Oxbow Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- War and Worship concerns textile deposits from the bog sites of Thorsberg in Germany and Nydam, Vimose and Illerup Ådal in Denmark. All four sites are well-known for containing a substantial amount of archaeological materials, particularly weapons, but they also contain, as integral parts of the weapon deposits, a smaller number of preserved textiles, which nevertheless constitute outstanding assemblages. With the exception of Thorsberg, publications dealing particularly with textiles from weapon deposits are almost non-existent. The textiles from each site are analysed, then compared to one a
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781842176597
- 1842176595
- 9781842176573
- 1842176579
- OCLC:
- 889675535
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