Episode 235

Extremely Specific Hats

We're back! Hi! Sorry for the unplanned hiatus--we missed you, too. This week, we've got a delightful sponsored episode featuring the most specific and niche topic we've ever covered. It's hats! 18th-century naval knit hats recovered from shipwrecks! See? Extremely specific. But FASCINATING! We get into the knitty gritty (HA) and also talk about fabric conservation, a smidge of underwater archaeology, and FOSSILIZED FABRIC! Tune in or miss out!

Audio note: Something funky happened with this recording, and there was a lot of unpleasant buzzing in a few spots. Anna fixed it as much as possible, but it does mean the audio quality is a little different on this one.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/toboggan-tuque-knit-hat-regionalism

https://www.heddels.com/start-here/

https://www.curiousfrau.com/2009/08/16/knitted-mans-hat-from-the-ship-qgagianaq/

https://www.qaronline.org/blackbeard-sails-again-conservation-textiles-queen-annes-revenge-shipwreck/open

https://www.abc.se/~pa//mar/wrak32.htm

https://carnegiemnh.org/archaeological-textiles-eastern-us/

https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/what-did-they-wear/textile-preservation/

https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/news/what-mechanisms-are-responsible-preservation-archaeological-textiles-over-thousands-years



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As science communicators in anthropology and archaeology, we hosts of The Dirt acknowledge that we hold a position of considerable privilege and opportunity, and commit ourselves to continuous learning, unlearning and reflection. We recognize that our disciplines, as well as our own lives, are rooted in and propped up by settler colonialism, white supremacy, and dispossession.

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