Funeral dress and textiles in 17th and 19th century burials in Ostrobothnia, Finland

Authors
  • S. Lipkin
  • K. Vajanto
  • T. Kallio-Seppä
  • T. Kuokkanen
Publication date 2015
Host editors
  • K. Grömer
  • F. Pritchard
Book title Aspects of the design, production and use of textiles and clothing from the bronze age to the early modern era: NESAT XII, the North European Symposium of Archaeological Textiles
ISBN
  • 9789639911673
Event NESAT XII, the North European Symposium of Archaeological Textiles, Hallstatt, Austria
Pages (from-to) 209-222
Publisher Budapest: Archaeolingua Alapítvány
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
Abstract
The 17th-19th-century burial materials from northern Ostrobothnia are studied in order to consider the value, origin and meaning of textiles especially in child burials. The focus is on the preservation, quality and dyes of burial textiles unearthed at the yard of Oulu Cathedral as well as the clothes of the mummified bodies currently under the floors of northern Finnish churches. The materials consist of textiles of local, Swedish and central European origin. The research methods include visual and microscopic analysis, UHPLC-PDA and SEM-EDX analysis. Textiles of the naturally mummified remains of the children are studied through CT scanning images.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
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