Published: 2018-12-21

Organisation of Textile Production in the Settlement of the Lusatian Culture at Ruda, Grudziądz Commune

Magdalena Przymorska-Sztuczka
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH31.2018.004

Abstract

The subject of this article is the organisation of textile production in the settlement of the Lusatian Culture in the village of Ruda, Grudziądz Commune, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship. The discovery of 63 spindle whorls and their fragments, as well as two objects, interpreted as loom weights, has triggered a discussion of the textile production. The discovered archaeological Feature 1351F has been interpreted as a remnant of a warp-weighted loom, similar to that from Wallwitz in Saxony. From the point of view of the organisation of textile manufacture in the settlement in question, the most important is the fact that most archaeological artefacts were discovered within identified households. Together with accompanying storage pits, they formed close single enclosures. The distribution of spindle whorls within enclosures seems to be significant.

Keywords:

textile production, spindle whorls, loom weights, Lusatian culture

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Przymorska-Sztuczka, M. (2018). Organisation of Textile Production in the Settlement of the Lusatian Culture at Ruda, Grudziądz Commune . Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 31, 55–67. https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH31.2018.004

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