[Bryn-gwlad] "The World of the Vikings"

[Joseph & Michelle Baiocchi]

Coblaith, I have this book and can bring it on Tuesday if you want.
   
  Sigriðr

Zach Most <clermont1348 at yahoo.com> wrote:
  You may already have looked here, but I believe there
are beaters and there are certainly extant looms in
"Woven into the Earth". 
http://www.amazon.com/Woven-into-Earth-Textiles-Greenland/dp/8772889357/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8786027-5360762?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190051134&sr=8-1
It's an outstanding book particularly if you're
intersted in textiles.
Gaston de Clermont

--- kcmarsh at suddenlink.net wrote:

> Texas A&M has it in their library. You can probably
> get it on inter-library loan. Ask for OCLC record
> 32951430.
> 
> Note that Richard Hall of the York Archaelogical
> Trust has just published a book by this title as
> well. Austin Public has a copy. See ISBN 0500051445
> or 9780500051443.
> 
> "In a very readable narrative, Hall (director of
> archaeology, York Archaeological Trust, U.K.; The
> Viking Dig) ably presents Viking civilization, from
> its origins during the early first millennium C.E.
> to the final 15th-century settlements in Greenland.
> He also uses archaeological evidence to refute
> misconceptions perpetuated by the media (e.g., that
> Vikings wore horned or winged helmets). Among the
> hundreds of black-and-white and color illustrations
> are photographs of archaeological sites, drawings
> reconstructing Viking ways, color maps, and
> wonderful, mostly color photographs of Viking
> antiquities, some of which are fine examples of
> Viking art. Other features are sidebars with
> summaries of topics related to each chapter's time
> period, a gazetteer of where to find Viking
> archaeological sites and museums, and a time line of
> Viking history. Hall provides a wonderful
> introduction to the world of the Vikings, for whom
> he clearly has a great affinity. Recommended for
> history collections in public and academic
> libraries."
> 
> Maelgwyn
> 
> ---- Coblaith Mhuimhneach 
> wrote: 
> > Does anybody local have a copy of the "The World
> of the Vikings" CD-ROM 
> > put out by the York Archaeological Trust and the
> National Museum of 
> > Denmark in 1994? It allegedly contains some
> pictures of wood and 
> > whalebone beaters (for weaving), and I'd like to
> see them.
> > 
> > 
> > Coblaith Mhuimhneach
> > 
> > 
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