Hats, Caps & Headbands
Extant Bronze /Iron / Viking / Medieval age Hats- Caps - Headbands
– Looking for the Evidence By Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
Research Disclaimer : Please note that This Research was done many years ago now :
so the information contained may now be out of date , photos gone missing or web links broken
My apologises : But It has become an impossible task to try and keep it up to date - Jenny
SUMMARY OF FINDS
Bronze age ; Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 25
- Bronze Age (c2300-700 BC)
Iron Age to Early Medieval ; Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 14
- Iron Age (c700 BC-43 AD)
- The Roman occupation (43 AD-c410)
- The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066)
- Early Anglo-Saxon (450-650)
- Middle Anglo-Saxon (650-800)
Early Medieval 8 - 11th c : Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 27
- The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066)
- Late Anglo-Saxon (800-1066)
- The Vikings 8th, 9th and 10th cent.
- Normans 1066 onwards
- The medieval era/Middle Ages (1066-1485)
High Medieval 12 - 14th c. ; Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 22
- The medieval era/Middle Ages (1066-1485)
Bronze age
Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 25
Bronze Age (c2300-700 BC)
Iron Age to Early Medieval
Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 14
Iron Age (c700 BC-43 AD)
The Roman occupation (43 AD-c410)
The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066)
Early Anglo-Saxon (450-650)
Middle Anglo-Saxon (650-800)
Early Medieval 8 - 11th c
Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 27
The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066)
Late Anglo-Saxon (800-1066)
The Vikings 8th, 9th and 10th cent.
Normans 1066 onwards
The medieval era/Middle Ages (1066-1485)
High Medieval 12 - 14th c.
Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 22
The medieval era/Middle Ages (1066-1485)
Thank you to the following people - For helping to case down, the details on some of the Hats & caps
Cherilyn Fuhlbohm - Antioch New Varangian Guard
Andrea Willett - Dubh Linn New Varangian Guard
Sandy Sempel - Frojel Gotlantica Viking Re-enactment Society
Prof Lena Strid - Waterford & Oxford Archaeology
Web References :
- The Surviving Garments Database - http://heatherrosejones.com/survivinggarments
- Sewing Stitches Used in Medieval Clothing - http://personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm
- Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - http://personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html
- An Archaeological Guide to Víking Men's Clothing - http://gersey.tripod.com/history/garb.html
- Kelticos Forum on Iron Age Studies and Prehistoric Europe - http://www.kelticos.org/forum/index.php
- Fashions of the Peat Bogs - Clothing Found from the Celtic Iron Age 400 BC-400 AD By Janet VanMeter - http://home.columbus.rr.com/herneswood/Fashions%20of%20the%20Peat%20Bogs.htm
- Extant originals - http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/obsah.htm
- The Iron Age Family - http://home6.inet.tele.dk/hjortspr/ironagefamily.htm
Book Reference:
Thor Ewing 'Viking Clothing' Tempus Publishing 2006 ISBN 0 7524 3587 6
Margrethe Hald, "Olddanske tekstiler". Det kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftsselskab, Nordisk Forlag 1950.
1st Published : Feb 2008 to NVG website 21 Oct 2011 Page Updated: 11 Sept 2020 © Looking for the Evidence : Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )