The organisation of textile production in the Lusatial culture was discussed in two papers. Textile imprints on pottery in Central and Northern Europe, from the Mesolithic to Iron Age, defined for their special surface treatment as “textile ceramics”, were systematically analysed by Stefanie Schaefer (University of Kiel). The written report of International Conference - Dynamics and Organisation of Textile Production in Past Societies in Europe and the Mediterranean 21-22 June 2017, Łódź, Poland (extract): The modes of transmission of textile skills through women in the ancient Greek world were examined by Alina Ciobotaru (University of Bucharest) based on iconography as well as historic and literary sources.
These suggest it is possible that hair moss fibre was used in Scotland in the Bronze Age, but that the North Cairn Farm fibrous object should no longer be considered among this evidence. However, there is other evidence for hair moss artefacts from other British Bronze Age and Roman contexts. Technological analysis of this find showed no evidence for the twining previously reported and SEM fibre analysis shows that it is unlikely to be hair moss or indeed Bronze Age. Three of these are reassessed here, with a detailed re-examination of the “hair moss apron” from North Cairn Farm. As part of this research it was noted that three Bronze Age finds from the old literature were reported as clothing or shrouds made of hair moss (Polytrichum commune). In the light of recent discoveries of early to middle Bronze Age burials with mats and fibrous material in Scotland, for example at Langwell farm and Forteviot, it was deemed timely to re-evaluate earlier finds of this period, several of which were discovered and initially reported on nearly a century ago.
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