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E50 - Archaeotextiles with Ronja Lau (part 2) - Teabreak 50

Published: April 7, 2026

Duration: 31:31

It’s time for part two of Matilda’s chat with textile archaeologist Ronja Lau! After discussing the background to Ronja’s current work in the Duerrnberg salt mines, the two delve deeper (pun intended) into the most interesting and surprising results of the project. Spoiler alert: it turns out that Iron Age Duerrnbergians enjoyed the look of a purple pin-striped suit!

Transcripts

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/50

Links

Ronja’s Blog Post EXARC Conference (Berlin) details North Europe textile symposium Purpureae Veste (Mediterranean) symposiu...