How Knitting Transformed The Ancient World

This video explores how knitting transformed the ancient world. A full transcript and additional references can be found here: https://smitinathan.com/the-archaeolo... #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:   / smiti-nathan-staudt   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, ‪@coachingwithjin‬, ‪@arlo.guthrie‬, ‪@Florisleest‬, Ines Lee, David Anderton, ‪@AntonDobrevskiPHS‬, ‪@kait-hanrahan‬ for helping me select a title, which transformed the trajectory of this video :)