This volume is intended as a companion to the volume on the textile products from the same site, published in 1989 (AY 17/5). A total of 1,147 artefacts connected with textile production were recovered from the excavation at 16-22 Coppergate together with raw fibres, dyestuffs, teasels and other biological evidence. Of these, 1,006 of the artefacts are dated to the 9th-13th centuries and two-thirds of these belong to the Anglo-Scandinavian period.
All the processes of production are represented: raw flax and wool are present, as are tools for preparing fibre; spinning with distaff, spindle-and-whorl and spindle wheel; weaving with the warp-weighted loom, the two-beam vertical loom and the horizontal treadle loom; there are also dyeplants for dyeing; tools for finishing wool cloth and smoothing linen; and for cutting and stitching garments.
Author(s): Penelope Walton Rogers
Series: The Archaeology of York, 17, 11. The Small Finds
Publisher: York Archaeological Trust
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 200
City: York
Introduction
The excavation at 16-22 Coppergate by R.A. Hall
The range and quality of the evidence
Significance of the collection
The Processes of Textile Production
Raw materials with a contribution by H. K. Kenward
Fibre preparation
Spinning
Yarn winding and warping
Weaving
Dyes and dyeing with a contribution by A.R. Hall
Finishing wool cloth with a contribution by A.R. Hall
Finishing linens and laundering
Cutting and stitching
Other textile crafts
Chronology and Distribution
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4A
Period 4B
Period 5A
Period 5B
Period 5C
Textile equipment from other sites in Anglo-Scandinavian York
Period 6
Coppergate in a Wider Context
Anglo-Saxon artisans in an Anglo-Scandinavian town
Organisation of production
Scale of production
Textile trade in the Anglo-Scandinavian period
Craft specialisation beginning in the 11th century
The wool trade
Conclusion
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Concordance
