The NESAT symposium has grown from the first meeting in 1981 which was attended by 23 scholars, to over 100 at the tenth meeting that took place in Copenhagen in 2008, with virtually all areas of Europe represented. The 50 papers from the conference presented here show the vibrance of the study of archaeological textiles today. Examples studied come from the Bronze Age, Neolithic, the Iron Age, Roman, Viking, the Middle Ages and post-Medieval, and from a wide range of countries including Norway, Czech Republic, Poland, Greece, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia and the Netherlands. Modern techniques of analysis and examination are also discussed.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• The participants of NESAT X
• Editors’ Preface
• List of contributors
• A Brief History of the North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles (NESAT)
• Chapter 1: Experimental Textile Archaeology
• Chapter 2: The Perfect Picture – A Comparison between Two Preserved Tunics and 13th-century Art
• Chapter 3: Loom-Weights, Spindles and Textiles – Textile Production in Central Europe from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age
• Chapter 4: Differences in the Elaboration of Dress in Northern Europe during the Middle Bronze Age
• Chapter 5: Avoiding Nasty Surprises: Decision-Making based on Analytical Data
• Chapter 6: Archaeological Textiles from Prague Castle, Czech Republic
• Chapter 7: Virtual Reconstruction of Archaeological Textiles
• Chapter 8: The Use of Terminology in Medieval Scandinavian Costume History: An Approach to Source-based Terminology Methodology
• Chapter 9: Haberdashery Elements made of Metal Thread: Conservation Problems
• Chapter 10: Current Examinations of Organic Remains using Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopy [VP-SEM]
• Chapter 11: Textiles, Wool, Sheep, Soil and Strontium – Studying their Paths: a Pilot Project
• Chapter 12: Not so much Cinderella as the Sleeping Beauty: Neglected Evidence of Forgotten Skill
• Chapter 13: Die Rekonstruktion des Vaaler Bändchens – ein archäologisches Kammgewebe aus Dithmarschen: Gemeinschaftsarbeit der Wollgruppe des Museumsdorfes Düppel, Deutschland
• Chapter 14: The Magdalensberg Textile Tools: a Preliminary Assessment
• Chapter 15: Silk Ribbons from Post-Medieval Graves in Poland
• Chapter 16: Silks from Kwidzyn Cathedral, Poland
• Chapter 17: Norwegian Peat Bog Textiles: Tegle and Helgeland Revisited
• Chapter 18: Smooth and Cool, or Warm and Soft: Investigating the Properties of Cloth in Prehistory
• Chapter 19: Oriental Influences in the Danish Viking Age: Kaftan and Belt with Pouch
• Chapter 20: A Study of Two Medieval Silk Girdles: Eric of Pomerania’s Belt and the Dune Belt
• Chapter 21: Nettle and Bast Fibre Textiles from Stone Tool Wear Traces? The Implications of Wear Traces on Archaeological Late Mesolithic and Neolithic Micro-Denticulate Tools
• Chapter 22: Construction and Sewing Technique in Secular Medieval Garments
• Chapter 23: Tiny Weaving Tablets, Rectangular Weaving Tablets
• Chapter 24: Warriors’ Clothing in the Rigsþula
• Chapter 25: Potentials and Limitations of the Application of FTIR Microscopy to the Characterisation of Textiles excavated in Greece
• Chapter 26: Evidence of War and Worship: Textiles in Roman Iron Age Weapon Deposits
• Chapter 27: Bewahren und Erfassen – Anmerkungen zum Umgang mit mineralisierten Strukturen auf Metallen in der Denkmalpflege
• Chapter 28: Medieval Textiles from Trondheim: An Analysis of Function
• Chapter 29: Curry-Comb or Toothed Weft-Beater? The Serrated Iron Tools from the Roman Province of Pannonia
• Chapter 30: Textiles from the 3rd–12th Century AD Cremation Graves found in Lithuania
• Chapter 31: Patterned Tablet-Woven Band – In Search of the 11th Century Textile Professional
• Chapter 32: Social and Economic Aspects of Textile Consumption in Medieval Tartu, Estonia
• Chapter 33: Garments for a Queen
• Chapter 34: Our Threads to the Past: Plaited Motifs as Predecessors of Woven Binding Structures
• Chapter 35: The Neolithic Mats of the Eastern Baltic Littoral
• Chapter 36: The Impact of Dyes and Natural Pigmentation of Wool on the Preservation of Archaeological Textiles
• Chapter 37: Wear on Magdalenian Bone Tools: A New Methodology for Studying Evidence of Fiber Industries
• Chapter 38: A Bronze Age Plaited Starting Border
• Chapter 39: Textile Craftsmanship in the Norwegian Mirgation Period
• Chapter 40: Textilfunde aus Ausgrabungen in Heidelberg
• Chapter 41: Textile Remains on a Roman Bronze Vessel from Řepov (Czech Republic)
• Chapter 42: Dyes: to be or not to be. An Investigation of Early Iron Age Dyes in Danish Peat Bog Textiles
• Chapter 43: Dressing the Dead: Customs of Burial Costume in Rural Norway
• Chapter 44: The Moment of Inertia: a Parameter for the Functional Classification of Worldwide Spindle-Whorls from all Periods
• Chapter 45: Elite and Military Scandinavian Dress as Portrayed in the Lewis Chess Pieces
• Chapter 46: Headwear, Footwear and Belts in the Íslendingasögur and Íslendingatattir
• Chapter 47: The Use of Horsehair in Female Headdresses of the 12th–13th Century AD Latvia
• Chapter 48: Two Early Medieval Caps from the Dwelling Mounds Rasquert and Leens in Groningen Province, the Netherlands
• Chapter 49: Studies of the Textiles from the 2006 Excavation in Pskov
• Colour Plates