A Year On The Field
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Oct 27, 2023

Hackles and other Flax Processing equipment in The Henry Ford Collections

Hackles and other flax processing equipment remind us of the constant labor needed to turn an agricultural crop – flax – into raw...

May 12, 2023

Looking back at the last Flax Year - Experiences from the Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory (Germany)

The Open-Air Laboratory Lauresham is an archaeological open-air museum which, among other things, deals with the education and research...

Mar 3, 2023

Flax-growing and linen production in medieval iconography: tools, techniques and gestures

In the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...

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