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Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. Women's Work: the First 20,000 Years.   New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1994.

Barber, E. W. J.: Prehistoric Textiles.   Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1991.

Cunliffe, Barry. Iron Age Communities in Britain.   London: Routledge, 1991.

Dunbar, John Telfer. History of Highland Dress.   Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1962.

Dunleavy, Mairead.  Dress in Ireland.   New York, New York: Homes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1989.

Foster, R. F., ed: The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland.   New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Gantz, Jeffrey. Early Irish Myths and Sagas.   New York, New York: Penguin Books, 1981.

Harbison, Peter. Pre-Christian Ireland: From the First Settlers to the Early Celts.   New York, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988.

Henshall, Audrey S. "Early Textiles Found in Scotland: Part 1 -- Locally Made." In National Museum of Antiquities Publications. Early Textiles Found in Scotland. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vols. LXXXVI and LXXXVIII, Sessions 1951-56.

Hoffmann, Marta. The Warp-Weighted Loom.   Oslo, Norway: Robin and Russ Handweavers, 1974.

Joyce, P.W. A Social History of Ancient Ireland, Vols. 1 and 2.   New York, NY: Benjamin Blom, 1968. This source is, IMO, somewhat unreliable in reference to costuming details, except when he is directly quoting from the Tain Bo Culaigne or referencing archaeological finds. Abridged online version at: A (much) smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland

Kok, Annette: Appendix on Early Scottish Dyes, in Dunbar, J.: History of Highland Dress.   Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1962.

Laing, Lloyd and Jenny. The Picts and the Scots.   Gloucestershire, England: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1993.

Liles, J.N. The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use.   Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 1990.

MacLean, Fitzroy. Highlanders: A History of the Scottish Clans.   New York, NY: Viking Studio Books, 1995.

MacTaggart, P. and R.A., Some Aspects of the Use of Non-Fashionable Stays, in Strata of Society: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the Costume Society, April 6 - 8, 1973.   London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1974.

Mahon, Bríd: Traditional Dyestuffs in Ireland, in Gailey, Alan and Dáithí Ó hOgáin, eds. Gold Under the Furze: Studies in Folk Tradition Presented to Caoimhín Ó Danachair.   Dublin: Glendale Press, 1982.

McClintock, H. F. Old Highland Dress and Tartans.   Dundalk, Ireland: Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd., 1949.

McClintock, H. F. Old Irish & Highland Dress, and that of the Isle of Man.   Dundalk, Ireland: Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd., 1950.

Reid, Stuart and Angus McBride: Highland Clansman 1689 - 1746.   Osprey Military Warrior Series no. 21, Osprey Direct, London, 1997.

Sutton, Ann and Richard Carr: Tartans: Their Art and History.   Bellew Publishing Company Ltd., London, 1984.