Ancient Textiles: Production, Crafts and Society 1842172026, 9781842172025

An understanding of textiles and the role they played in the past is important for anyone interested in past societies.

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Ancient Textiles: Production, Crafts and Society
1842172026, 9781842172025

An understanding of textiles and the role they played in the past is important for anyone interested in past societies.

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Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of t

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There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Te

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Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of t

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Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient

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Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Class

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Twenty-four experts from the fields of Ancient History, Semitic philology, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, and Class

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Textile production is one of the most important crafts in Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age societies and rece

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The present study is divided into three parts, intended to answer three main questions. Despite ramifications, the quest

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Ancient Textiles Modern Science II follows the success of the first proceedings, published in 2013, that catalogued the

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