Probable Fibres from Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Bronze Age Scotland

Michael L. Ryder

Environmental Archaeology, 1999, vol. 4, issue 1, 93-95

Abstract: Diameter measurements of bast fibres from cloth and string with a hoard of bronze age metalwork found in St Andrews, were different from those of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) but comparable with those of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) leading to the suggestion that hemp was used as a textile fibre in Britain much earlier than has been thought.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1179/env.1999.4.1.93

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