Ok, here's a challenge for the list's imagination--maybe you can help me out with a little thought experiment.
Let's say that the whole c1000 Vinland expedition thing resulted in a viable colony; one that actually got along pretty well with the indigenous people (Skraelings) yet stayed in contact with Greenland, Iceland, and points east through a north Atlantic trade route. Assuming some influence from both sides of the merger, what would the resulting mixed-race culture have worn, several hundred years in? If, for example, there were a Vinlander GFD, what would it have looked like? What would the men wear in cold weather? What kind of shoes would people wear? And so on. -E House PS--From my brief research, it looks like the Narragansett tribe does descend from that meeting, but of course there was no continuous interaction with European culture in the real timeline; what I'm looking for is the effect that interaction might have! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
