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''Garment worn next to the skin''
==Shift Material==
===Linen===
{{Guide1|4|Optional}}
{{Evidence
|Art=
* In Anglo-Saxon manuscripts shifts are often left white possibly signifying that they were made of linen. (OWEN-CROCKER 2004, p.218)
|Literature
|Archaeology=
* Birka, Sweden (C9th-10th) 61 graves containing bleached or white linen shifts. Hägg categorises these into two categories, smooth and pleated (HAGG 1986)
|Discussion=
In both types of shift, though far more common in the pleated shift, the neck hole was slit and fastened with a small round brooch or, more rarely, with a small penannular. The datable graves from Birka containing remnants of shifts show a trend where the smooth linen shift becomes less popular in the C10th (JBS) while the pleated shift becomes more so (HAGG 1986).<br>
The datable graves from Birka containing remnants of shifts show an increase in the number of pleated shifts in the later stages of the site (JBS) [*Hagg 1986].<br>
}}
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=== Smooth Linen ===
==See Also==
==References==
*[*Hagg 1986] Hagg, Inga. Die Tracht, in Birka II-3. 1986.
<HarvardReferences />
''Garment worn next to the skin''
==Shift Material==
===Linen===
{{Guide1|4|Optional}}
{{Evidence
|Art=
* In Anglo-Saxon manuscripts shifts are often left white possibly signifying that they were made of linen. (OWEN-CROCKER 2004, p.218)
|Literature
|Archaeology=
* Birka, Sweden (C9th-10th) 61 graves containing bleached or white linen shifts. Hägg categorises these into two categories, smooth and pleated (HAGG 1986)
|Discussion=
In both types of shift, though far more common in the pleated shift, the neck hole was slit and fastened with a small round brooch or, more rarely, with a small penannular. The datable graves from Birka containing remnants of shifts show a trend where the smooth linen shift becomes less popular in the C10th (JBS) while the pleated shift becomes more so (HAGG 1986).<br>
The datable graves from Birka containing remnants of shifts show an increase in the number of pleated shifts in the later stages of the site (JBS) [*Hagg 1986].<br>
}}
<br>
=== Smooth Linen ===
==See Also==
==References==
*[*Hagg 1986] Hagg, Inga. Die Tracht, in Birka II-3. 1986.
<HarvardReferences />
