This video explores how knitting transformed the ancient world. A full transcript and additional references can be found here: https://habitsofatravellingarchaeolog...

#archaeology #archaeologist #ancientfiberarts #knitting #knittinghistory

// Time Stamps ⏱
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Oldest Knitting
00:59 Nalbinding
01:42 Egypt
02:26 Iceland
03:01 Europe
04:03 Kashmir*
04:41 Americas
05:23 USA + England
05:50 Outro

*We mistakenly conflated "pashmina" and "cashmere". While all pashminas are cashmere, not all cashmere are pashmina. Thanks to @dasja9966 for kindly pointing this out ☺

// Let’s Connect
Personal Website: https://smitinathan.com/
Company Website: https://anthico.com/
Instagram:   / travellingarchaeologist  
LinkedIn:   / smitinathanstaudt  
Twitter:   / travellingarch  

// Team
Anya Gruber: www.anyaegruber.com (website) &   / anyagruber   (Instagram)
Noor Hanania: @BarknoorZ

// Gear List ⚙
What I Use To Make My Videos: https://habitsofatravellingarchaeolog...

// Who Am I?
Hi! I’m Smiti. I've studied and traveled the world doing archaeology for the past 15+ years [yes, I have a Ph.D. in it :)]. While I still do research, I love sharing what we do beyond academic journal articles.

// Acknowledgements
Thanks to Erin Villareal for chatting with me about the fiber arts. Also, thank you to @jeditrinupab, @intimacywithjin, @arlo.guthrie, @Florisleest, Ines Lee, David Anderton, @AntonDobrevski, @kaithanrahan for helping me select a title, which transformed the trajectory of this video :)