Sensible Dress
The Sight, Sound, Smell and Touch of Late Ertebølle Mesolithic Cloth Types
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6044249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harri (0000-0001-9373-289X, University College London, corresponding author), Susanna Harris |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-56 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0959774314000031 |
| OpenAlex | W1970912620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
The aim of this article is to investigate the sight, sound, smell and touch of different cloth types in the Late Ertebølle of southern Scandinavia and to argue that such an approach provides stimulating new insights into an area of material culture that has previously been studied by archaeologists in a highly empirical manner. The archaeological evidence drawn together in this article points to this as a time when furs and skin products were of prime importance and plant fibres were the basis for knotted nets, looped cloth and basketry. In the archaeological literature these cloth types are usually treated separately and described according to the species of raw materials, such as pine marten fur, or the technology of their production, such as couched button-hole stitch. Using an experiment where participants are asked to handle modern cloth types and answer structured questionnaires, it is possible to create a sensory description of these cloth types. These descriptive results are then used to reconsider aspects of cloth and clothing in the Late Ertebølle of southern Scandinavia. By moving from the standard technological description to a sensory description, the Mesolithic cloth types investigated in this article are placed within a sensory and phenomenological theoretical framework. The presentation of these results seeks to provide a new description of these materials and allow archaeologists to revaluate the culturally-embedded nature of cloth and clothing at that time
Archaeology · Art · Clothing · Mesolithic · Textile · Visual arts · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |