New Resources

For me, January was mostly a loss; I spent part of it recovering from a bone strain (that might otherwise have resulted in a fracture) and the rest being sick, and then recovering from it.

So I haven't done much in the way of costuming or even reading about historical costume for more then a month.  But I have collected some resources that may be of interest to some of my readers.

The video to the right is from the reenactor group Marobud; it shows a Viking man getting dressed in period attire.  Note that a lot of his clothing is based upon the Skoldehamn find, which is probably Sami, not Viking.

For later-period enthusiasts, the Archaeological Textiles Review has made Issue No. 60 available for free download, here. (Just click the link that reads "ATR 60").  This issue is dedicated to issues relating to knitting, and thus may be more interesting to costumers whose primary area of clothing or textile study is the late Middle Ages, or later.

Finally, there have been a number of interesting articles on Academia.edu that have come to my attention.

• An article by John Peter and Felicity Wild about the provenance of certain cotton textiles found at Berenike and dated to the Roman period;
• An article discussing how accessible blue dyed textiles would have been in early Iron Age Europe.  This one is from Archaeological Textiles Review No. 61, the current issue, which is not yet available for free download from ATR.
• A paper by an SCA Laurel and two others about their recreation of the clothing of the Princess of Zweeloo (including the jewelry and shoes).

Enjoy!