Lise Bender Jørgensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 295896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lise Bender Jørgensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lise Bender |
| FAMILY NAME | Jørgensen |
| SIGNATURE | JØRGENSEN L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Earliest Evidence for Textile Technologies
Recent excavations at Çatalhöyük1 in Anatolia, Turkey have recovered remains of textiles, cordage and basketry that add to finds from previous work at this Neolithic site. Along with occurrences from other sites in the Near East, North Africa and Europe, they enable charting the development of textile techniques. This paper argues that the woven textiles found in Çatalhöyük (6700–6500 cal. BC) fit in a long development in the Palaeolithic, Epipal…
Bronze Age Woollen Textile Production in England
Responding to recent advances in knowledge about the first arrival of woollen sheep in Europe and linked investigations of textile remains on the Continent, this paper argues that our insight into the role of wool in the English Bronze Age needs rethinking. We argue that the relevant questions are: when did the procurement of and working with wool become a routine aspect of settlement life, and did the change from plant fibres to wool affect comm…
The use of local fibres for textiles at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Woven textiles from Çatalhöyük in southern Anatolia are among the earliest-known examples of weaving in the Near East and Europe. Studies of material excavated in the 1960s identified the fibres as flax. New scanning electron microscope analysis, however, shows these fibres-and others from more recent excavations at the site-to be made from locally sourced oak bast. This result is consistent with the near absence of flax seeds at Çatalhöyük, and …
En glemt skatt, Miranda Bødtkers tegninger af arkæologiske tekstiler
Over many years, illustrator Miranda Bødtker (1896–1996) carried out drawings for botanists, zoologists and archaeologists at Bergen Museum, the University of Bergen. After her death, thousands of drawings were discovered in her estate. Among them were numerous unpublished drawings of archaeological textiles from five sites. Bødtker’s illustrations show that although several scholars have studied the textiles, none had seen them all. This applies…
Ancient textiles and clothing in flux
Textiles and clothing are fundamental aspects of everyday life in the past but are often overlooked in archaeology. Fortunately, this is changing, as witnessed by three new books, reviewed here. Two deal with the beginnings of clothing and textile production, but in different ways; the third contains contributions reflecting on this theme. The monograph by Ian Gilligan-a polyhistory of medicine, psychology, prehistoric archaeology and biological …
Creativity in the Bronze Age
Creativity is an integral part of human history, yet most studies focus on the modern era, leaving unresolved questions about the formative role that creativity has played in the past. This book explores the fundamental nature of creativity in the European Bronze Age. Considering developments in crafts that we take for granted today, such as pottery, textiles, and metalwork, the volume compares and contrasts various aspects of their development, …
Missing link
Innovations in European Bronze Age textiles
Während der Bronzezeit kam es in Europas nach dem Aufkommen von Wolle als neuem Rohstoff zu einer Reihe von Innovationen im Bereich der Textilien. Neue Analysen und die Nutzung der SEMMikroskopie erbrachten eine Vielzahl von Informationen zur Verwendung von Pflanzenfasern und Wolle, insbesondere zur Frage, wie und in welchem Umfang Wolle vor dem Spinnen sortiert und verarbeitet wurde. Als weitere Neuerungen anzuführen sind die Dekoration von Text…
Craft Production
The Bronze Age can be characterised by an unprecedented increase in craft activity. One of these was the production of bone, ceramics, and textiles, three contrasting materials that became widespread in this period. This article discusses the production of these materials separately, starting with its various types. It then differentiates the kinds of ceramics, textiles, and worked bone that was produced in various European regions and during the…
Textiles and Textile Production in Europe
Visions of Dress
This article highlights and discusses the challenges of recreating the clothing of a wealthy Bronze Age woman from Winklarn in Austria. She was buried with jewelry and dress fittings that appear almost theatrical, such as a wide belt of bronze, extremely long pins, and a collar consisting of fourteen spiked bronze pendants. A series of different sources underpin suggestions of what her dress might have looked like: placement patterns of jewelry i…
The question of prehistoric silks in Europe
Textiles and clothing are among the most visible aspects of human social and symbolic behaviour and yet they have left all too few traces in the archaeological record and it is easy to overlook their importance. Luxury textiles such as silk can additionally provide evidence of long-distance contact, notably between Europe and China during the Han dynasty and the Roman empire. But can these connections be projected back in time to the prehistoric …
Appearance in Bronze Age Scandinavia as Seen from the Nybøl burial
The objective of this article is to study cloth and appearance in the Bronze Age based on the evidence from a previously overlooked oak-log coffin find, the Nybøl burial. The textiles have been investigated and our results compared with cloth from four well-known oak-log coffins: Muldbjerg, Trindhøj, and Borum Eshøj graves A and B. Our analysis demonstrates that this burial contained the coarsest cloth on record to date from the Scandinavian Bron…
Out of the Norwegian glaciers
As the temperature rises each year, the assemblages of prehistoric hunters emerge from the ice. Archaeologists in Norway are now conducting regular surveys in the mountains to record the new finds. A recent example presented here consists of a whole tunic, made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill. The owner, who lived in the late Iron Age (third-fourth centuries AD), was wearing well-worn outdoor clothing, originally of high quality
Sheep wool in Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe
The foundation of Ribe
The sorting-out of stratigraphy, a precise date by dendrochronology from the first years of the 8th century AD and recent excavations give a new picture of the founding of one of northern Europe's earlier medieval towns
European Textiles in Later Prehistory and Early History
Projet de recherche sur les textiles nord-europeens en particulier de l'Age du Fer pre-romain (Hallstatt, La Tene) et des periodes merovingienne et carolingienne. Definition des types de vetements pouvant etre attribues a des groupes geographiques ou chronologiques en Scandinavie et en Europe centrale. Donnees sur la technologie du textile
A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis
A rich female grave found in 1979 contained two gilt-bronze oval brooches, forty-four glass beads, a bone comb, an iron knife, whetstone, bone needle case and needles, iron sickle, bronze ringed pin, bronze buckle and strap-end, iron rivet and textile fragments. Brooches and pin suggest a late 10th century date. AR
Textile Remains from Diverhøj
The Bog Find from Sigersdal
(1986). The Bog Find from Sigersdal. Journal of Danish Archaeology: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 85-115
Dyes and Fleece Types in Prehistoric Textiles from Scandinavia and Germany
Examen des types de toison et des teintures utilisees dans les tissus laineux. Sites de Scandinavie et du nord de l'Allemagne dates de l'Age du Fer et posterieurs
Early neolithic skeletons from Bolkilde bog, Denmark
In 1946 two skeletons were found during peat-digging in Bolkilde bog in the north of the Danish island of Als. They have now been dated to the middle of the fourth millennium BC and are interpreted as ritual offerings of a fertility cult which went through from the early Neolithic to the time of Frej and Freja. All three authors are in the University of Copenhagen: Pia Bennike is a research fellow in the Anthropological Laboratory, Klaus Ebbesen …
North European Textile Production and Trade in the 1st Millenium AD
(1984). North European Textile Production and Trade in the 1st Millenium AD. Journal of Danish Archaeology: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 124-134
North European Textiles until AD. 1000
The thesis of this book is that the first steps towards an organized production of textiles in Northern Europe was taken in the Hallstatt era (the last millenium BC). In the time of the Roman Empire, it developed into a veritable industry. The products of this industry have been found from Lofoten to Egypt. Part of the production survived the fall of the Western part of the Roman Empire, and was primarily found in the areas of the English Channel…
Sheep wool in Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe
The use of local fibres for textiles at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Woven textiles from Çatalhöyük in southern Anatolia are among the earliest-known examples of weaving in the Near East and Europe. Studies of material excavated in the 1960s identified the fibres as flax. New scanning electron microscope analysis, however, shows these fibres-and others from more recent excavations at the site-to be made from locally sourced oak bast. This result is consistent with the near absence of flax seeds at Çatalhöyük, and …
Earliest Evidence for Textile Technologies
Recent excavations at Çatalhöyük1 in Anatolia, Turkey have recovered remains of textiles, cordage and basketry that add to finds from previous work at this Neolithic site. Along with occurrences from other sites in the Near East, North Africa and Europe, they enable charting the development of textile techniques. This paper argues that the woven textiles found in Çatalhöyük (6700–6500 cal. BC) fit in a long development in the Palaeolithic, Epipal…
Early neolithic skeletons from Bolkilde bog, Denmark
In 1946 two skeletons were found during peat-digging in Bolkilde bog in the north of the Danish island of Als. They have now been dated to the middle of the fourth millennium BC and are interpreted as ritual offerings of a fertility cult which went through from the early Neolithic to the time of Frej and Freja. All three authors are in the University of Copenhagen: Pia Bennike is a research fellow in the Anthropological Laboratory, Klaus Ebbesen …
Innovations in European Bronze Age textiles
Während der Bronzezeit kam es in Europas nach dem Aufkommen von Wolle als neuem Rohstoff zu einer Reihe von Innovationen im Bereich der Textilien. Neue Analysen und die Nutzung der SEMMikroskopie erbrachten eine Vielzahl von Informationen zur Verwendung von Pflanzenfasern und Wolle, insbesondere zur Frage, wie und in welchem Umfang Wolle vor dem Spinnen sortiert und verarbeitet wurde. Als weitere Neuerungen anzuführen sind die Dekoration von Text…
Appearance in Bronze Age Scandinavia as Seen from the Nybøl burial
The objective of this article is to study cloth and appearance in the Bronze Age based on the evidence from a previously overlooked oak-log coffin find, the Nybøl burial. The textiles have been investigated and our results compared with cloth from four well-known oak-log coffins: Muldbjerg, Trindhøj, and Borum Eshøj graves A and B. Our analysis demonstrates that this burial contained the coarsest cloth on record to date from the Scandinavian Bron…
Out of the Norwegian glaciers
As the temperature rises each year, the assemblages of prehistoric hunters emerge from the ice. Archaeologists in Norway are now conducting regular surveys in the mountains to record the new finds. A recent example presented here consists of a whole tunic, made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill. The owner, who lived in the late Iron Age (third-fourth centuries AD), was wearing well-worn outdoor clothing, originally of high quality
The foundation of Ribe
The sorting-out of stratigraphy, a precise date by dendrochronology from the first years of the 8th century AD and recent excavations give a new picture of the founding of one of northern Europe's earlier medieval towns
Missing link
A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis
A rich female grave found in 1979 contained two gilt-bronze oval brooches, forty-four glass beads, a bone comb, an iron knife, whetstone, bone needle case and needles, iron sickle, bronze ringed pin, bronze buckle and strap-end, iron rivet and textile fragments. Brooches and pin suggest a late 10th century date. AR
Bronze Age Woollen Textile Production in England
Responding to recent advances in knowledge about the first arrival of woollen sheep in Europe and linked investigations of textile remains on the Continent, this paper argues that our insight into the role of wool in the English Bronze Age needs rethinking. We argue that the relevant questions are: when did the procurement of and working with wool become a routine aspect of settlement life, and did the change from plant fibres to wool affect comm…
The question of prehistoric silks in Europe
Textiles and clothing are among the most visible aspects of human social and symbolic behaviour and yet they have left all too few traces in the archaeological record and it is easy to overlook their importance. Luxury textiles such as silk can additionally provide evidence of long-distance contact, notably between Europe and China during the Han dynasty and the Roman empire. But can these connections be projected back in time to the prehistoric …
North European Textile Production and Trade in the 1st Millenium AD
(1984). North European Textile Production and Trade in the 1st Millenium AD. Journal of Danish Archaeology: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 124-134
The Bog Find from Sigersdal
(1986). The Bog Find from Sigersdal. Journal of Danish Archaeology: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 85-115
Dyes and Fleece Types in Prehistoric Textiles from Scandinavia and Germany
Examen des types de toison et des teintures utilisees dans les tissus laineux. Sites de Scandinavie et du nord de l'Allemagne dates de l'Age du Fer et posterieurs
Early neolithic skeletons from Bolkilde bog, Denmark
In 1946 two skeletons were found during peat-digging in Bolkilde bog in the north of the Danish island of Als. They have now been dated to the middle of the fourth millennium BC and are interpreted as ritual offerings of a fertility cult which went through from the early Neolithic to the time of Frej and Freja. All three authors are in the University of Copenhagen: Pia Bennike is a research fellow in the Anthropological Laboratory, Klaus Ebbesen …
Textile Remains from Diverhøj
A Viking burial from Kneep, Uig, Isle of Lewis
A rich female grave found in 1979 contained two gilt-bronze oval brooches, forty-four glass beads, a bone comb, an iron knife, whetstone, bone needle case and needles, iron sickle, bronze ringed pin, bronze buckle and strap-end, iron rivet and textile fragments. Brooches and pin suggest a late 10th century date. AR
European Textiles in Later Prehistory and Early History
Projet de recherche sur les textiles nord-europeens en particulier de l'Age du Fer pre-romain (Hallstatt, La Tene) et des periodes merovingienne et carolingienne. Definition des types de vetements pouvant etre attribues a des groupes geographiques ou chronologiques en Scandinavie et en Europe centrale. Donnees sur la technologie du textile
The foundation of Ribe
The sorting-out of stratigraphy, a precise date by dendrochronology from the first years of the 8th century AD and recent excavations give a new picture of the founding of one of northern Europe's earlier medieval towns
Sheep wool in Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe
Craft Production
The Bronze Age can be characterised by an unprecedented increase in craft activity. One of these was the production of bone, ceramics, and textiles, three contrasting materials that became widespread in this period. This article discusses the production of these materials separately, starting with its various types. It then differentiates the kinds of ceramics, textiles, and worked bone that was produced in various European regions and during the…
Textiles and Textile Production in Europe
Visions of Dress
This article highlights and discusses the challenges of recreating the clothing of a wealthy Bronze Age woman from Winklarn in Austria. She was buried with jewelry and dress fittings that appear almost theatrical, such as a wide belt of bronze, extremely long pins, and a collar consisting of fourteen spiked bronze pendants. A series of different sources underpin suggestions of what her dress might have looked like: placement patterns of jewelry i…
The question of prehistoric silks in Europe
Textiles and clothing are among the most visible aspects of human social and symbolic behaviour and yet they have left all too few traces in the archaeological record and it is easy to overlook their importance. Luxury textiles such as silk can additionally provide evidence of long-distance contact, notably between Europe and China during the Han dynasty and the Roman empire. But can these connections be projected back in time to the prehistoric …
Appearance in Bronze Age Scandinavia as Seen from the Nybøl burial
The objective of this article is to study cloth and appearance in the Bronze Age based on the evidence from a previously overlooked oak-log coffin find, the Nybøl burial. The textiles have been investigated and our results compared with cloth from four well-known oak-log coffins: Muldbjerg, Trindhøj, and Borum Eshøj graves A and B. Our analysis demonstrates that this burial contained the coarsest cloth on record to date from the Scandinavian Bron…
Out of the Norwegian glaciers
As the temperature rises each year, the assemblages of prehistoric hunters emerge from the ice. Archaeologists in Norway are now conducting regular surveys in the mountains to record the new finds. A recent example presented here consists of a whole tunic, made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill. The owner, who lived in the late Iron Age (third-fourth centuries AD), was wearing well-worn outdoor clothing, originally of high quality
Innovations in European Bronze Age textiles
Während der Bronzezeit kam es in Europas nach dem Aufkommen von Wolle als neuem Rohstoff zu einer Reihe von Innovationen im Bereich der Textilien. Neue Analysen und die Nutzung der SEMMikroskopie erbrachten eine Vielzahl von Informationen zur Verwendung von Pflanzenfasern und Wolle, insbesondere zur Frage, wie und in welchem Umfang Wolle vor dem Spinnen sortiert und verarbeitet wurde. Als weitere Neuerungen anzuführen sind die Dekoration von Text…
Creativity in the Bronze Age
Creativity is an integral part of human history, yet most studies focus on the modern era, leaving unresolved questions about the formative role that creativity has played in the past. This book explores the fundamental nature of creativity in the European Bronze Age. Considering developments in crafts that we take for granted today, such as pottery, textiles, and metalwork, the volume compares and contrasts various aspects of their development, …
Missing link
Ancient textiles and clothing in flux
Textiles and clothing are fundamental aspects of everyday life in the past but are often overlooked in archaeology. Fortunately, this is changing, as witnessed by three new books, reviewed here. Two deal with the beginnings of clothing and textile production, but in different ways; the third contains contributions reflecting on this theme. The monograph by Ian Gilligan-a polyhistory of medicine, psychology, prehistoric archaeology and biological …
En glemt skatt, Miranda Bødtkers tegninger af arkæologiske tekstiler
Over many years, illustrator Miranda Bødtker (1896–1996) carried out drawings for botanists, zoologists and archaeologists at Bergen Museum, the University of Bergen. After her death, thousands of drawings were discovered in her estate. Among them were numerous unpublished drawings of archaeological textiles from five sites. Bødtker’s illustrations show that although several scholars have studied the textiles, none had seen them all. This applies…
Bronze Age Woollen Textile Production in England
Responding to recent advances in knowledge about the first arrival of woollen sheep in Europe and linked investigations of textile remains on the Continent, this paper argues that our insight into the role of wool in the English Bronze Age needs rethinking. We argue that the relevant questions are: when did the procurement of and working with wool become a routine aspect of settlement life, and did the change from plant fibres to wool affect comm…
The use of local fibres for textiles at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Woven textiles from Çatalhöyük in southern Anatolia are among the earliest-known examples of weaving in the Near East and Europe. Studies of material excavated in the 1960s identified the fibres as flax. New scanning electron microscope analysis, however, shows these fibres-and others from more recent excavations at the site-to be made from locally sourced oak bast. This result is consistent with the near absence of flax seeds at Çatalhöyük, and …
Earliest Evidence for Textile Technologies
Recent excavations at Çatalhöyük1 in Anatolia, Turkey have recovered remains of textiles, cordage and basketry that add to finds from previous work at this Neolithic site. Along with occurrences from other sites in the Near East, North Africa and Europe, they enable charting the development of textile techniques. This paper argues that the woven textiles found in Çatalhöyük (6700–6500 cal. BC) fit in a long development in the Palaeolithic, Epipal…
North European Textiles until AD. 1000
The thesis of this book is that the first steps towards an organized production of textiles in Northern Europe was taken in the Hallstatt era (the last millenium BC). In the time of the Roman Empire, it developed into a veritable industry. The products of this industry have been found from Lofoten to Egypt. Part of the production survived the fall of the Western part of the Roman Empire, and was primarily found in the areas of the English Channel…
Archaeology (23 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 works) · Geography (17 works) · History (16 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (12 works) · Art (11 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (9 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Textile (9 works) · Prehistory (8 works)