Textile journal’s old issues on line, Viking smith and building a castle the old fashion way

A Public Service Announcement!

 from Loose Threads: Yet Another Costuming Blog by Cathy Raymond

Archaeological Textiles Newsletter (soon to be renamed Archaeological Textiles Review) has just made Issues No. 46 and 47 available on line here. One of the articles is unavailable for Issue No. 46, but it's good to know that ATN is carrying on with its stated intention of placing its back issues on line.

http://www.atnfriends.com/index.htm

In the Austrian town of Friesach a castle to be rebuilt using only period methods of construction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120703120533.htm

Re-forging the smith: an interdisciplinary study of smithing motifs in Völuspá and Völundarkviða

http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1152&context=etd