Women Do Archaeology: Dr. Michèle Hayeur Smith

Dr. Michèle Hayeur Smith | Women, Cloth, Looms, and Power in the Viking North Atlantic
When cloth became the basic unit of currency in the medieval Icelandic economy, women-the sole weavers in Norse society-found themselves literally weaving money on their warp-weighted looms. Using experimental archaeology, Dr. Michele Hayeur Smith discusses how cloth became currency in the Viking North Atlantic and demonstrates weaving on a Neolithic-style loom.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Brown University