<p>It’s time for part two of Matilda’s chat with textile archaeologist Ronja Lau! After discussing the background to Ronja’s current work in the Duerrnberg salt mines, the two delve deeper (pun intended) into the most interesting and surprising results of the project. Spoiler alert: it turns out that Iron Age Duerrnbergians enjoyed the look of a purple pin-striped suit!</p>
<h2>Transcripts</h2>
<p>For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/50</p>
<h2>Links</h2>
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com/post/microwear-analysis-of-textiles" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ronja’s Blog Post</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.exarc.org/news/exarc-berlin-conference-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer">EXARC Conference (Berlin) details</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.nesat.org/main/history_en.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">North Europe textile symposium</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://purpureaevestes.weebly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Purpureae Veste (Mediterranean) symposium</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.salzburgmuseum.at/haeuser/keltenmuseum/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Keltenmuseum Hallein</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.nhm.at/hallstatt/en/trading_hub/centers_of_salt_production/duerrnberg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Duerrnberg Mine information</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_ronja_lau_" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ronja’s Instagram</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Contact the Host</h2>
<ul>
 <li>Email: matilda@thearchaeologiststeacup.com</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com</a></li>
 <li>insta: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_archaeologists_teacup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@the_archaeologists_teacup</a></li>
 <li>fb: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheArchaeologistsTeacup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">/TheArchaeologistsTeacup</a></li>
 <li>twitter: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ArchaeoTeacup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@ArchaeoTeacup</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>ArchPodNet</h2>
<ul>
 <li>APN Website: <a href="https://www.archpodnet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.archpodnet.com</a></li>
 <li>APN on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet</a></li>
 <li>APN on Twitter: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet</a></li>
 <li>APN on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://archpodnet.com/shop" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>APN Shop</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Affiliates</h2>
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.archpodnet.com/motion" rel="noopener noreferrer">Motion</a></li>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;It’s time for part two of Matilda’s chat with textile archaeologist Ronja Lau! After discussing the background to Ronja’s current work in the Duerrnberg salt mines, the two delve deeper (pun intended) into the most interesting and surprising results of the project. Spoiler alert: it turns out that Iron Age Duerrnbergians enjoyed the look of a purple pin-striped suit!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Transcripts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/50&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com/post/microwear-analysis-of-textiles" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Ronja’s Blog Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.exarc.org/news/exarc-berlin-conference-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;EXARC Conference (Berlin) details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nesat.org/main/history_en.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;North Europe textile symposium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://purpureaevestes.weebly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Purpureae Veste (Mediterranean) symposium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.salzburgmuseum.at/haeuser/keltenmuseum/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Keltenmuseum Hallein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nhm.at/hallstatt/en/trading_hub/centers_of_salt_production/duerrnberg" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Duerrnberg Mine information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/_ronja_lau_" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Ronja’s Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Contact the Host&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Email: matilda@thearchaeologiststeacup.com&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;insta: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_archaeologists_teacup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;@the_archaeologists_teacup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;fb: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheArchaeologistsTeacup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;/TheArchaeologistsTeacup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;twitter: &lt;a href="https://www.twitter.com/ArchaeoTeacup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;@ArchaeoTeacup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;ArchPodNet&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;APN Website: &lt;a href="https://www.archpodnet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.archpodnet.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;APN on Facebook: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;APN on Twitter: &lt;a href="https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;APN on Instagram: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archpodnet.com/shop" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;APN Shop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affiliates&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.archpodnet.com/motion" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Motion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

It’s time for part two of Matilda’s chat with textile archaeologist Ronja Lau! After discussing the background to Ronja’s current work in the Duerrnberg salt mines, the two delve deeper (pun intended) into the most interesting and surprising results of the project. Spoiler alert: it turns out that Iron Age Duerrnbergians enjoyed the look of a purple pin-striped suit!

Tea-Break Archaeology

Archaeotextiles with Ronja Lau (part 2) - Ep 50

Archaeotextiles with Ronja Lau (part 2) - Ep 50

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