"Concisely and cohesively covers over a millennium of history and archaeology regarding textiles and the practice of weaving in the North Atlantic. . . . One does not need to be a textile expert to use and enjoy this highly informative work. . . . An excellent resource."--Anthropology Book Forum
"Several key insights are spun. . . . The reader is obliged to reconsider past interpretations of North Atlantic evidence in this new light."--Antiquity
"[An]
ambitious and welcome study. . . . The
Valkyries' Loom makes important contributions to our understanding of the medieval and early modern North Atlantic as well as to the ways textile studies can enrich our knowledge of the pre-modern world."--Medieval Review