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Out of the Norwegian glaciers: Lendbreen—a tunic from the early first millennium AD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marianne Vedeler  and
Lise Bender Jørgensen
Marianne Vedeler
Affiliation:
1Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, PO Box 6762, St. Olavsplass, 0130 Oslo, Norway (Email: marianne.vedeler@khm.uio.no)
Lise Bender Jørgensen
Affiliation:
2Department of Archaeology and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (Email: lise.bender@ntnu.no)
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As the temperature rises each year, the assemblages of prehistoric hunters emerge from the ice. Archaeologists in Norway are now conducting regular surveys in the mountains to record the new finds. A recent example presented here consists of a whole tunic, made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill. The owner, who lived in the late Iron Age (third–fourth centuries AD), was wearing well-worn outdoor clothing, originally of high quality.

Keywords

Norwayfirst millennium ADtunicdiamond twill
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Antiquity , Volume 87 , Issue 337 , September 2013 , pp. 788 - 801
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2013

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