I looked at the document with photos of the archeological finds and the
Wordpress blog showing recreations. How beautiful. I know the Posament, as the
blogger calls them, isn’t needle lace but it’s very cool. Maybe I’m imagining
it but it reminded me of Celtic knots. Viking raids on Ireland
There's been a lot of really cool experimental archeology in the
re-enactment world looking at all the bits of the Birka find. Any textiles
those bits you're looking at were once attached to are long gone, and just
the metal is left.
Certainly the posaments are gorgeous when recreated. One
Hi Nancy,
This document is really interesting. It will take me a while to read it all
through. No wonder you are excited about this finding! Thanks a lot for
sharing!
Antje González, from Spain
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I was looking at a reference about textiles found at a Viking site called
Birka, tracking down some info about tablet-woven bands found there. The
town was founded about 750 CE and abandoned about 975 CE, according to the
Wikipedia entry, and is a rich archaeological source.
