Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques Hello Guido,
I've got a friend studying archeology at Munich University. I'll forward your mail to him and hope he knows more about that. Greets Meg ~> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- ~> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Guido Gehlhaar ~> Gesendet: Freitag, 8. August 2003 00:46 ~> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SCA Card Weaving Group ~> Betreff: 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 "Magdalena Pfaffl" <[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.
