‘Fashioning the Viking Age’ is an ongoing project that aims to increase knowledge about Viking Age textiles and clothing in Denmark. Based at the National Museum of Denmark, in collaboration with the Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen and Land of Legends in Lejre, and funded by the VELUX FOUNDATIONS Museum Programme, the project is made up of three parts.
The first part is focused on the production of Viking Age textiles, through analysis of fibres, tools, textiles, skins, and other materials from the archaeological record, followed by the use of experimental archaeology to recreate textiles that share characteristics with Viking Age materials.
The reconstructions are based on textile finds from Hedeby Harbour, an important Viking Age trading site on the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula, which has produced a wide range of textiles. Specialists used a selection of Viking Age tools and techniques to create textile and fibre samples that closely resemble the original examples from Hedeby Harbour.
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