a Sølvi Helene Fossøy finished her master's degree at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Spring 2012. She investigated Scandinavian Bronze Age textiles, focusing on transmission of handicraft. b Sophie Bergerbrant completed her doctoral thesis in archaeology in 2007 at the University of Stockholm. Her research specialty is the costume of Bronze Age Europe. She currently holds a postdoctoral position. in Spring 2012. She investigated Scandinavian Bronze Age textiles, focusing on transmission of handicraft. Sophie Bergerbrant completed her doctoral thesis in archaeology in 2007 at the University of Stockholm. Her research specialty is the costume of Bronze Age Europe. She currently holds a postdoctoral position. AbstractT his article will present new data on corded skirts from Bronze Age Scandinavia, providing an opportunity to discuss variation within this clothing type and creativity in its production. In the past this has mainly been considered based on the fully preserved skirt found in the oak-log coffin burial from Egtved, Denmark. This article includes the evidence of less well-preserved corded skirts to show that there is much more variation than previously thought in the way they were created. It is argued that this was an arena in which prehistoric textile craftspeople might show off their creativity.

The objective of this article is to study cloth and appearance in the Bronze Age based on the evidence from a previously overlooked oak-log coffin find, the Nybøl burial. The textiles have been investigated and our results compared with cloth from four well-known oak-log coffins: Muldbjerg, Trindhøj, and Borum Eshøj graves A and B. Our analysis demonstrates that this burial contained the coarsest cloth on record to date from the Scandinavian Bronze Age, and that it included some cloth items that are not previously known from the above-mentioned graves. The items of clothing the different textiles may have derived from are discussed, as well as the appearance of the deceased in relation to Bronze Age society. We conclude that this burial contained a previously unknown costume type, but that it is a variation of the others rather than an entirely new category.

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