Trinkets and Charms: The Use, Meaning and Significance of Dress Accessories, Ad 1300-1700

by Eleanor Rose Standley

This publication presents a study of a wide range of evidence to reveal the use and meaning of dress accessories in daily life in two regions of Britain, c. AD 1300-1700. Dress accessory evidence from a variety of sites is brought together to reveal how the small personal possessions were highly significant objects and held important meanings for their owners. The archaeological finds that form the basis of the study vary from large, elaborate gold...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905905300
• ISBN13: 9781905905300
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.7"