Michèle Hayeur Smith, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, heldur fyrirlestur í stofu 301 í Gimli fimmtudaginn 2. febrúar kl. 17:30. Fyrirlesturinn nefnist Spin me a Yarn, Weave Me a Tale: Textiles, Women and Cloth in Iceland, AD 874-1800. Fyrirlesturinn er hluti af fyrirlestraröð rannsóknanema í fornleifafræði og er öllum opinn.
Um fyrirlesturinn:
Unlike most parts of the world, archaeological textile collections from Iceland are abundant, rich, and diverse. Though largely unstudied, they contain important information about Iceland’s past and especially the roles that women played in traditional Icelandic society and its economy. This talk will present preliminary results of ongoing research on textiles from sites across Iceland, looking at issues of gender, textile technology, trade and dress from the Landnám to the late 18th century.
