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Publications about Historical Spinning

There's an enormous amount of books, texts, and articles about hand-spinning, but most of these are about modern hand-spinning and not about historical techniques or their history. Historical spinning methods and tools, and the spun yarns made with them, have only gotten more attention in the recent years. So here are a few suggestions for further reading, should you be interested - including some publications with spindle whorls:

K. Kania, 'The Spinning Experiment – Influences on Yarn in Spinning with a Handspindle', in H. J. Hopkins, ed., Ancient Textiles - Modern Science (Oxford, 2013), pp. 11-29.

E. J. Tiedemann and K. A. Jakes, 'An Exploration of Prehistoric Spinning Technology: Spinning Efficiency and Technology Transition', Archaeometry, 48 (2006), pp. 293-307.

A. Höllhuber, 'Spinnwirtel aus dem Fundgut von Mühlviertler Burgen', Jahrbuch des OÖ: Musealvereines Gesellschaft für Landeskunde, 126 (1981), p. 79.

K. Pühl, 'Die Spinnwirtel aus der Kloake des Lübecker Fronen', Lübecker Schriften zur Archäologie, 12 (1986), pp. 191-203.

K. Kania, 'Soft yarns, hard facts? Evaluating the results of a large-scale hand-spinning experiment', Journal for Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 7 (2013), pp. 113-130.

K. Grömer, 'Aussagemöglichkeiten zur Tätigkeit des Spinnens Aufgrund Archäologischer Funde und Experimente', Archaeologia austriaca, 88 (2004), pp. 169-182.

K. Grömer, 'Vom Spinnen und Weben, Flechten und Zwirnen: Hinweise zur neolithischen Textiltechnik an österreichischen Fundstellen', Archäologie Österreichs, 17 (2006), pp. 177-192.

R. Gilbert, 'Where's the bit the Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on?' Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, 179 (1996), p. 24.

K. Kania, 'To Spin a Good Yarn. Spinning techniques with hand-spindles', in M. Bravermanová, H. Březinová and J. Malcolm-Davies, eds., Archaeological Textiles - Links Between Past and Present. NESAT XIII (Liberec/Prag, 2017), pp. 265-274.

K. Kania, 'The story of twist – Handspinning as a historical craft ', in F. Pritchard, ed., Crafting Textiles: Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century (Oxford, 2021), pp. 207-230.

E. R. Standley, 'Spinning Yarns: The Archaeological Evidence for Hand Spinning and its Social Implications, c ad 1200-1500', Medieval Archaeology, 60 (2016), pp. 266-299.

D. Schlapeit-Beck, 'Frauenarbeit und Stand der Technologie als Thema der Malerei. Das Motiv der spinnenden Frau', kritische berichte-Zeitschrift für Kunst-und Kulturwissenschaften, 15 (1987), pp. 20-31.

 

 

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