Textilhantverkets betydelse i Uppåkra - en studie av Uppåkra och närliggande agrarboplatser
This survey deals with textile production and how it was carried out during the late Iron Age,with main focus on a central place, Uppåkra. A comparison has been carried out betweenUppåkra and two agrarian settlements, Fosie and V. Karaby, from the nearby landscape toinvestigate whether any variation in production can be detected. The value of textiles has alsobeen investigated to determine whether a potential specialization in production may have ledto a surplus.An analytical and comparative method has been used with focus on the context of thematerial.The results show that the textile production vary at the different sites, and that a need fordifferent types of textiles has existed. At Uppåkra, the possibility to produce fine threads andtextiles existed as demonstated by the findings of small and lightweighted spindle whorls.This suggests that the production may have included both fine and coarse textiles. In contrast,at Fosie and Västra Karaby the need for coarser materials seems to have been greater, asindicated by the absence of lighter spindle whorls. Therefore the production at a central placelike Uppåkra differed from the production at smaller agrarian sites.