Women Do Archaeology: Dr. Michèle Hayeur Smith

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Dr. Michèle Hayeur Smith | Women, Cloth, Looms, and Power in the Viking North Atlantic

When cloth became the basic unit of currency in the medieval Icelandic economy, women–the sole weavers in Norse society–found themselves literally weaving money on their warp-weighted looms. Using experimental archaeology, Dr. Michele Hayeur Smith discusses how cloth became currency in the Viking North Atlantic and demonstrates weaving on a Neolithic-style loom.

Thursday, October 15, 2020
Brown University

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