EuroWeb Conference «’Sailing Textiles’ from Prehistory to Early History» (Gothenburg, SE) – Programme now available!

‘SAILING TEXTILES’ FROM PREHISTORY TO EARLY HISTORY

Working Group 4 Conference

Gothenburg 29-30 April 2024

 

The event will take place at the Faculty of Humanities,
University of Gothenburg, Renströmsgatan 6,
Göteborg, Sweden

For online participation: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/66733162396

For in person attendance, please send an e-mail to sailing.textiles@yahoo.com, and provide full name
and number of sessions you wish to attend, latest by Monday 22nd April 2024

 

PROGRAMME

Monday 29th April 2024
(Room J330)

11.30 – 13.00

Welcome refreshment (reserved for conference speakers)

 

Session 1: Introduction

13.00 – 13.05

Welcome

13.05 – 13.25

Sabatini, Serena:

Introduction: Sailing textiles, the “Missing Link” project, and seafaring in Bronze Age Western Mediterranean

 

Session 2: Sails and sail production

13.25 – 13.55

Boloti, Tina:

Sailing in the Aegean Bronze Age

13.55 – 14.10

Alberti, Maria Emanuela & Querci, Angiolo:

Looking for sail making in the Bronze Age Aegean

14.10 – 14.40

Bengtsson, Boel:

Sail and sail materials in Scandinavia and Atlantic Europe before Christ

14.40 – 15.10 Fauvelle, Mikael:

A view from across the Atlantic: What debates regarding sail technology in the Americas can tell us about Bronze Age watercraft in Scandinavia

 

15.10 – 15.30

Coffee (reserved for conference speakers)

 

15.30 – 15.50

Meunier, Laure:

On the trail of Roman sailcloth

15.50 – 16.10

Miller, Madelaine:

Sail production in the Roman world

16.10 – 16.30

Bischoff, Vibeke, Sørensen, Triona & Krohn, Sune:

Manufacture and use of reconstructions of squaresails of wool

16.30 – 16.50 Ekstedt Bjersing, Marie:

A discussion about linen cloth and sailcloth from 17th century

16.50 – 17.10

Bonavia, Claire:

The art of sail making in Malta

17.10 – 17.30

Borg Heggedal, Marius & Bohlmann, Jörn:

Sail-making and sailcloth in the 1800 century

17.30 – 18.00

Discussion

 

18.00 – 20.00

Mingle and workshop together with Lena Hammarlund and Marie Wallenberg (reserved for conference speakers)

 

20.00

Dinner (reserved for conference speakers)

 

Tuesday 30th April 2024
(Room J330)

09.00 – 09.05

Sabatini, Serena:

Introduction to the second day

 

Session 3: Maritime textile production through archaeozoology and archaeobotany

09.05 – 09.35

Mortensen Fischer, Morten, Prøsch Danielsen, Lisbeth & Lagerås, Per:

Sailing through Time – Tracing the Roots of Nordic Seafaring with a Pollen Perspective

09.35 – 10.05

Holm Jæger, Jonas:

Late Iron Age sheep husbandry and wool production in Late Iron Age Denmark – biomolecular evidence and perspectives.

 

Session 4: Understanding boat technology and textiles and rigging details

10.05 – 10.35

Alfaro, Carmen, Bustamante, Macarena & Sabio González, Rafael:

Evidence of textile practices in the western mediterranean boats: from the sewing of the ship’s hull to the needs of the journey

10.35 – 11.05

Rammo, Riina

Sailing textiles of a 14th-century cog: raw materials, production and function

 

11.05 – 11.20

Coffee (reserved for conference speakers)

 

Session 4: Understanding boat technology and textiles and rigging details

10.05 – 10.25:

Pommer, Maria:

Conservation of 14th-century cordage from Lootsi 8 shipwreck and overview of chosen methods

10.25 – 10.45:

Pipping, Olof:

Bast Rope Configuration

10.45 – 11.05

Bohlmann, Jörn:

Cordage through Millennia; Change of Materials, Techniques and Knowledge

12.20 – 13.40 Lunch break

 

Session 5: Dressing for the Sea

13.40 – 14.10

Andersson Strand, Eva:

Dressed for sea travels in Late Iron Age and Viking Age Scandinavia

14.10 – 15.00

Final discussion

 

Full programme is available here.