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The Valkyries' loom the archaeology of cloth production and female power in the North Atlantic

Title
The Valkyries' loom [electronic resource] : the archaeology of cloth production and female power in the North Atlantic / Michèle Hayeur Smith.
Author
Hayeur Smith, Michèle.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]

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Description
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Summary
"Michèle Hayeur Smith uses Viking textiles as evidence for the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North Atlantic in the 9th century AD"--
Uniform Title
Valkyries' loom (Online)
Alternative Title
Valkyries' loom (Online)
Subject
  • Textile fabrics, Viking > Scandinavia > History
  • Women weavers > Scandinavia > History
  • Textile fabrics > Scandinavia > History
  • Vikings > Clothing > Scandinavia
  • Women, Viking > History
  • Textile fabrics > North Atlantic Region > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Contents
"Cold are the Counsels of Women": Bloodied Warps and Gilded Wefts--the Engendered Economy of Cloth in the North Atlantic -- Weaving in the Viking Age: Iceland and the North Atlantic Expansion -- Textiles, Weaving, and Currency in Iceland during the Middle Ages -- Textiles in Greenland During the Medieval Period -- Cloth, Currency, Climate Change and Subsistence in Greenland -- Textiles and Trade in the North Atlantic during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period -- The Danish Trade Monopoly in the North Atlantic and the Transformation of Women's Roles in Textile Production
ISBN
  • 9780813057637
  • 9780813066622 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020017607
OCLC
ssj0002451399
Author
Hayeur Smith, Michèle.
Title
The Valkyries' loom [electronic resource] : the archaeology of cloth production and female power in the North Atlantic / Michèle Hayeur Smith.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Hayeur Smith, Michèle. The Valkyries' loom Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020] 9780813066622 (DLC) 2020017606
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