Alianor de Ravenglas' Web Depository » History in the Media http://alianorderavenglas.wordpress.com A home for all my various SCA documents, exploits, etc... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/b5796fa3c9076cd4f1ad6308e764a552?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Alianor de Ravenglas' Web Depository » History in the Media http://alianorderavenglas.wordpress.com 30,000 year old flax fibers! http://alianorderavenglas.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/30000-year-old-flax-fibers/ http://alianorderavenglas.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/30000-year-old-flax-fibers/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:08:10 +0000 Sarah http://alianorderavenglas.wordpress.com/?p=306 ]]>

Found in Georgia!  Not woven, probably knotted.  Dyed in fun colors, too.  (NPR story)

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13th century shoe! In Germany!  (link)  Too bad it’s not a patten…

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clipped from www.nytimes.com

An Upgrade for Ye Olde History Park

Patrick Henry was sitting just to my left in the Virginia House of Burgesses as the debate raged about the events that had been following the Boston Tea Party.
One doesn’t really step into the past here, or in any of the other historical villages developed after Colonial Williamsburg’s pioneering success.
Reproductions and renovations and innovations intermingle, creating an image of the past so carefully constructed that it is a re-creation in all senses of the word.
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