The Construction, Use, and Discard of Female Identities: Interpreting Spindle Whorls at Vindolanda and Corbridge

• Published in: Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 2
• Main Author: Alberti, Marta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ubiquity Press Ltd 14.05.2018; Open Library of Humanities
• Subjects: Archaeology; Corbridge; female identity; Romano-British frontier; spindle whorls; textile practices; Textiles; Vindolanda; United Kingdom

Spindle whorls are one of the most durable traces of the textile craft in the archaeological record. They can be found in copious quantities and diverse types in forts and extramural settlements on the Romano British northern frontier. The connection between spinning tools and female identity, altho...