Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques It's my understanding that there are very few finds of Celtic textiles of any kind, not just tablet weaving. I doubt that tablet weaving developed independently in different place. I suspect it's just that we cannot trace the path with so little evidence.
--charlotte mayhew ----- Original Message ----- Wrom: NKMBIPBARHDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQ To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "SCA Card Weaving Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Did the Celts tablet weaving ? > Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques > > A few days ago I asked for Celtic tablet weaves other than the finds of > the Celtic chieftain at the Hochdorf burial. I only got very few > responds on that topic (for which I am very thankful even though they > could not help me to find other evidence on Celtic tablet weaving) and > after bulking my NESAT documentation and sketching the ways of tablet > weaving through the bronze and iron age cultures of Northern/Middle > Europe I am quite confused. > > In the finds of the Celtic Chieftain of Hochdorf-Eberdingen > (Hallstattzeit) very sophisticated tablet woven bands and borders were > found. Nevertheless there is not other evidence for tablet weaving > rather than Hohmichele (from which I up to now have no detailed > information) of the "Hallstattzeit", the "Lathenezeit" or even later. > The next early finds documented I know are of Lonne Hede (1st century > AD), Daetgen, Thorsberg, Damendorf and Vehnemoor (about 2.-3. century > AD). But all these tablet woven borders are - regarding the Hochdorf > finds - very simple: Striped tablet woven borders for different cloth, > mainly pomp cloaks. > > From my opinion the result is that if all the evidence of the finds is > right, tablet weaving was "developed" independently in the bronze and > iron age cultures of Northern Europe and the Celtic high culture of > Hallstatt/Lathene. Otherwise the knowledge and experience tablet weavers > gained regarding the Hochdorf finds must have had influenc on tablet > weaving in Northern Europe. Over 600 years without any "development" on > technqiues and possiblities I cannot imagine. > > The other reason which I dare not believe is that excavation of the > burial in Hochdorf was a substantial archeological mistake as the buial > was dated far too early. > > But some questions are still in my mind: Why is there only one > (regarding Hohmichele maybe two) find of skillful tablet weaving of the > Celtic bronze age (of the Hallstattzeit)? Why are there no earlier finds > of simpler tablet woven pieces? Why are there no similar finds of the > Hallstatt era or later eras (Lathene)? Why are there even no other > Celtic finds after migration of Celtic tribes over Western and Eastern > Europe? > > Maybe I am only missing the necessary archeological information or maybe > there isn't the information on that topic available up to now. I am not > an archeologist (only a stupid computer scientist interested in tablet > weaving :-) but is there anybody out there (On the lists with more > detailed information and with whom I can discuss these questions?)? > > Have a nice night (time to go to bed in Germany right now), > Guido > Send private reply to Guido Gehlhaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send private reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
