Spindle whorl

Closeup of agave leaves

Cotton flowers

One of the most neglected finds in #Caribbean #archaeology —spindle whorls.
This one is from St Lucia ~ AD 600, most likely to spin cotton or agave/maguey fibres.

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📢 New exciting #textile #openaccess publication!🧶❤️🤩
Into the Funerary World and Textiles? Then, this is for you!
Can't wait to devour this book!
Huge congrats E. Yvanez, M. M. Wozniak & contributors 👏
Link to 📕: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#TextileArchaeology #Burials

#anglosaxon #saxon #medieval #earlymedieval #migrationperiod #middleages #historiccostume #earlychurch #roman #celtic #lateroman #christianity #vestments #livinghistory #reenactment #archaeology #textiles #craft #textilearchaeology

Does anyone know if any of the Fatimid/Mamluk knitted socks have been DNA typed for the cotton type or isotope analysed for the area of growth?
#TextileArchaeology #Egyptology 🏺

A task of herculean proportions at times yet punctuated by informative and insightful stories into a fundamental facet of life, that of the valuable and meaningful production of textiles.
#UCC #textilearchaeology

Beyond grateful for this International Training School on Textile Research 🐑💜
Thank you all for your generosity. Proud to be part of such a beautiful and healthy research community 🫂🪡
#TextileResearch #TrainingSchool #TextileArchaeology #Crafts

Join the 🦋 ! And to celebrate, I want to share the new ATR (Archaeological Textiles Review) issue! 🧶🪡
My colleagues and I contributed with an overview of our @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social 2024 session(#717)👇
academia.edu/126961744/Re...
Full vol.👇
atnfriends.com/index.php/20...
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