Articles Archaeological Textiles Review No. 54 14 laboratory (Brøndsted NM Archive). The Ginderup grave is briefly mentioned by H.C. Broholm and M. Hald (1935, 286) in their study of Bronze Age clothing, which tells us that they were aware of the find, but only the possibility of it containing a corded skirt was stated. A report from the excavation of the block has not been found by the authors. Despite the fact that large textile fragments can be seen in the excavation photographs, not a single textile fragment survived. Fortunately, two very high quality photographs were taken before the plaster treatment began. Much information can be gained about the textiles from these photographs, particularly when combined with the available measurements of the artefacts. Blanket The entire inner space of the grave was originally more or less covered by textiles (Brøndsted NM Archive). Not all of these textile fragments are visible in the photographs (Fig. 1). It is however clear that the deceased was covered by a large textile woven in tabby. Close examination of the photographs shows that the fabric was made with s-twisted yarn in one direction and z in the other (however, it is impossible to determine warp and weft direction) and the thread count was 3.5/4.5 threads/cm, the threads being c. 1.2 mm thick. This can most clearly be seen in the larger piece of textile that survived in the waist area of the deceased. As all visible pieces of woven fabric have the same visual appearance, it is likely that all the tabby woven textiles derive from the same fabric. As far as we know, all of the well-known oak-log Introduction In general, actual remains of archaeological textiles are the source for data such as weave, spin direction, yarn diameter or thread count, even though impressions on potery or metal may sometimes serve this purpose. In this paper the information derives from high quality excavation photographs. Unfortunately, despite good intentions, the textiles themselves were destroyed during post-excavation processes. In 1933 Johannes Brøndsted from the National Museum of Denmark excavated a ploughed out burial mound in Ginderup, Heltborg parish, Thy, Denmark. The central burial, grave A, proved to be a stone cist. It contained a great quantity of organic material, too fragile to recover, but this was at least recorded in drawings, reports and photographs (Brøndsted NM Archive). The interior of the stone cist was 1.7 m long and 0.25-0.45 m wide. The grave contained some skeletal remains and a neck-ring, a fibula, a double buton, two arm-rings and one finger-ring (Aner and Kersten 2001, 198; Brøndsted NM Archive). The artefacts help date the grave to Montelius period III, i.e. 1300-1100 BC. The grave goods indicate that the deceased was a woman. After initial recording and photographing at the site, the grave was removed en bloc. First the grave was covered by a layer of sand, followed by tissue paper. Plaster was then poured on top. Then, all of the side stones of the cist were removed and all four sides were covered by plaster. A wooden box was built around this, and the entire block was taken to the museum to be excavated in the conservation Sophie Bergerbrant, Sølvi Helen Fossøy and Lise Bender Jørgensen Ginderup – Textiles and Dress from the Bronze Age Gleaned from an Excavation Photograph