@article{Lerke_Hjorth-Jørgensen_2021, title={Fragmenter af et håndværk: Ten- og vævevægte fra førromersk jernalder i Jylland}, volume={2020}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/arkaeologi_i_Slesvig/article/view/128618}, abstractNote={<p>Until now, spindle whorls and loom<br>weights from the Pre-Roman and Early<br>Roman Iron Age in Denmark have never<br>been studied systematically, leaving an unexploited<br>potential of insights into Early<br>Iron Age textile craft. These spinning and<br>weaving tools were finally documented<br>and investigated during our bachelor project<br>and master’s thesis at the University<br>of Copenhagen in 2015 and 2017. The geographical<br>focus was set on Jutland with its<br>many settlements and burial sites from the<br>periods in question. The projects resulted<br>in various conclusions, among others that<br>the use of the warp-weighted loom is reserved<br>for the few, as indicated by a small<br>number of loom-weights, which also coincides<br>with the weaving technological<br>testimonies of the many well-preserved<br>textiles. Based on the work of e. g. Centre<br>for Textile Research, this article lines<br>out how to make analytical use of a loomweight.<br>The spindle whorls appear in much<br>higher numbers, representing a wide range<br>of spinning potentials. The primary type<br>of spindle-whorl is disc-shaped and manufactured<br>from re-used potsherds, which<br>have been rounded and pierced from both<br>sides. We have tested these widely debated<br>clay objects in a spinning test, which<br>proved to determine that uneven sherds<br>with skew piercings may very well be used<br>as spindle whorls and do not have a negative<br>effect on the outcome of the thread.<br>The focus on these humble artefacts has<br>integrated the textile tools in a conceptual<br>framework stretching across manufacture<br>and function, which is widening the<br>understanding of textile craft in the Early<br>Iron Age.</p>}, number={18}, journal={Arkæologi i Slesvig-Archäologie in Schleswig}, author={Lerke, Line and Hjorth-Jørgensen, Christine Søvsø}, year={2021}, month={sep.}, pages={221–238} }