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so the information contained may now be out of date , photos gone missing or web links broken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 :


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 )