Hedeby Textiles

Reconsturction of the Viking settlement of Hedeby, North Germany. Reconsturction of the Viking settlement of Hedeby, North Germany.

Hedeby, or Haithabu in German, is a site located in Schleswig-Holstein, in the extreme north of Germany, along the Danish border. In the Viking age it was an important maritime centre. Excavations at the site started in 1900. Finds from the site are exhibited in the Wikinger Museum Haithabu. The site yielded many fragments of textiles, but no clear evidence of decorative needlework.

Source: HÄGG, Inga (1984). 'Die Textilfunde aus dem Hafen on Haithabu'. Berichte über die Ausgrabunge in Haithabu, 20. Neumünster: Karl Wachholtz Verlag.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 29 October 2016).

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