First Textiles
«This is an important, well-illustrated and well-edited publication that I highly recommend to anyone interested in prehistory and ancient protohistory.»
Revue de l’Archéologie du Vêtement et du Costume
Textile production and the manufacture of clothing was one of the most essential daily activities in prehistory. Textiles were significant objects of practical use, and at the same time had cultural, social and symbolic meaning, crucial for displaying the identity, gender, social rank and status, or wealth of their users. Les mer
The beginning of textile manufacture is still vague, but can be traced back to the upper Palaeolithic. Important developments in textile technology, e.g. weaving, spinning with a spindle, introduction of wool, appeared in Europe and the Mediterranean throughout the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. This book is devoted to the early textile production in Europe and the Mediterranean and aims to collect and investigate the combined evidence of textile and leather remains, tools, workplaces and textile iconography.
The chapters discuss the recent achievements in the research of ancient textiles and textile production, textile techniques such as spinning, fabric and skin manufacture, use of textile tools and experimental textile archaeology. The volume explores important cultural and social aspects of textile production, and its development.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxbow Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781789256871
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 28 x 22 cm
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«This is an important, well-illustrated and well-edited publication that I highly recommend to anyone interested in prehistory and ancient protohistory.»
Revue de l’Archéologie du Vêtement et du Costume