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FROM FLAX TO LINEN Experiments with flax at Ribe Viking Centre Bo Ejstrud Stina Andresen Amanda Appel Sara Gjerlevsen Birgit Thomsen Edited by Bo Ejstrud Ribe Viking Centre & University of Southern Denmark Esbjerg - 2011
Bo Ejstrud, Stina Andresen, Amanda Appel, Sara Gjerlevsen, Birgit Thomsen: From Flax to Linen - experiments with flax at Ribe Viking Centre Maritime Archaeology Programme University of Southern Denmark www.sdu.dk/maritimearchaeology © The authors Edited by Bo Ejstrud Print: Print & Sign, University of Southern Denmark ISBN: 978-87-992214-6-2 Published by: Maritime Archaeology Programme University of Southern Denmark Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10 DK-6700 Esbjerg Denmark Printed in Denmark 2011
Page 1: FROM FLAX TO LINEN Experiments with
Page 5 and 6: CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION ...........
Page 8 and 9: 1. INTRODUCTION The archaeological
Page 10 and 11: the shirt is sufficiently preserved
Page 12 and 13: From flax to linen The process from
Page 14 and 15: Figure 6. Scutching of flax. Pictur
Page 16 and 17: LINEN THREAD FOR THE VIBORG SHIRT 1
Page 18 and 19: hardly be measured for prehistoric
Page 20 and 21: 2. FLAX DURING THE VIKING AGE The i
Page 22 and 23: Bender Jørgensen (1992) links the
Page 24 and 25: difference to the other contexts. O
Page 26 and 27: Immediately around the wells long d
Page 28 and 29: Place name Parish no. SB no. File n
Page 30 and 31: Rippling The ripple comb is a simpl
Page 32 and 33: spaced iron teeth set in two rows a
Page 34 and 35: The most important type for this pe
Page 36 and 37: 3. FIELD EXPERIMENTS Growing flax A
Page 38 and 39: Although the preparation of the fie
Page 40 and 41: Growth Figure 22. Weeding the field
Page 42 and 43: Figure 24. Hans Jørgen Jakobsen an
Page 44 and 45: Figure 26. Lars Jensen, Birgit Thom
Page 46 and 47: After drying and rippling the yield
Page 48: The main conclusion of these experi
Page 51 and 52: When dew retting, the flax is laid
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Water retting During a later stage
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scutched on the earlier date but th
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Scutching Scutching is a process in
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The tool All that is required for t
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Test Number Initial Weight Time Fin
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The hook is used to catch into the
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and gently start to spin, holding t
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General discussion Admittedly this
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object which is flat on one side an
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the crocheting is not reusable as i
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This process has otherwise not been
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a c b d Figure 49. A selection of s
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A total of 48 shirts were examined.
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This shirt is sleeveless, and made
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7. DISCUSSION Making a Viborg shirt
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We also have to say, that the linen
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Fentz, M. (1988): En hørskjorte fr
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Sherman, H.M. (2008): From Flax to
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