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Exploring Ancient Textiles - Pushing The Boundaries Of Established Methodologies

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 A reflection on the status and development of current analytical methodology and its applicability within the wider textile field.
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Exploring Ancient Textiles - Pushing The Boundaries Of Established Methodologies

28,49€ + 10% CARD

 A reflection on the status and development of current analytical methodology and its applicability within the wider textile field.
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Crafting Minoanisation - Textiles, Crafts Production And Social Dynamics In The Bronze Age Southern Aegean

by Cutler Joanne Elizabeth Cutler

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 Addresses â€˜Minoanisationâ€™ through examining the adoption of Cretan weaving technology throughout the southern Aegean.
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Crafting Minoanisation - Textiles, Crafts Production And Social Dynamics In The Bronze Age Southern Aegean

by Cutler Joanne Elizabeth Cutler

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 Addresses â€˜Minoanisationâ€™ through examining the adoption of Cretan weaving technology throughout the southern Aegean.
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Crafting Textiles - Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace And Other Techniques From The Bronze Age To The Early 17th Century

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 Cutting-edge examination of textile production used to shed light on the cultures that produced them.
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Textile Activity And Cultural Identity In Sicily Between The Late Bronze Age And Archaic Period

by Longhitano Gabriella Longhitano

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 Explores the role, significance and technological development of textile manufacture in 1st millennium BC Sicily.
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Textile Activity And Cultural Identity In Sicily Between The Late Bronze Age And Archaic Period

by Longhitano Gabriella Longhitano

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 Explores the role, significance and technological development of textile manufacture in 1st millennium BC Sicily.
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Competition Of Fibres - Early Textile Production In Western Asia, South-East And Central Europe (10,000-500bce)

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 Papers on the study of wool and other fibers in ancient textile production.
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Competition Of Fibres - Early Textile Production In Western Asia, South-East And Central Europe (10,000-500bce)

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 Papers on the study of wool and other fibers in ancient textile production.
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Lost Art Of The Anglo-Saxon World - The Sacred And Secular Power Of Embroidery

by Lester-Makin Alexandra Lester-Makin

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 Presents the first detailed analyses of all 43 known embroideries believed to have been made in Britain in the early medieval period.
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Textile Terminologies In The Ancient Near East And Mediterranean From The Third To The First Millennnia Bc

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 Written sources from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean, from the third to the first millennia BC, provide a wealth of terms for textiles. The twenty-two chapters in the present volume offer the first comprehensive survey of this important material, with special attention to evidence for significant interconnections in textile terminology among languages and cultures, across space and time. For example, the Greek word for a long shirt, khiton , ki-to in Linear B, derives from a Semitic root, ktn . But the same root in Akkadian means linen, in Old Assyrian a garment made of wool, and perhaps cotton, in many modern languages. These and numerous other instances underscore the need for detailed studies of both individual cases and the common threads that link them. This example illustrates on the one hand how connected some textiles terms are across time and space, but it also shows how very carefully we must conduct the etymological and terminological enquiry with constantly changing semantics as the common thread. The survey of textile terminologies in 22 chapters presented in this volume demonstrates the interconnections between languages and cultures via textiles.
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First Textiles - The Beginnings Of Textile Production In Europe And The Mediterranean

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 Explores textile production, including its socio-cultural development, across prehistoric Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Textiles And Cult In The Ancient Mediterranean

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 Twenty-one papers on the role of textiles in ancient religion in Greece, Italy, The Levant and the Near East. Examines the topics of textile production in sanctuaries, the use of textiles as votive offerings and ritual dress using epigraphy, literary sources, iconography and the archaeological material itself.
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Treasures From The Sea - Purple Dye And Sea Silk

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 Purple dye is extracted from the glands of the molluscs Hexaplex trunculus, Bolinus Brandaris and Stramonita Haemastoma which, through a chemical reaction of photosynthesis, produces hues ranging from dark red to bluish purple color. The importance of purple dye since ancient times as a status symbol, a sign of royal and religious power is well documented. Less well known is sea silk, a precious fiber derived from the tufts of the pen shell, Pinna nobilis, a UNESCO protected species, with which the mollusk anchors itself to the seabed. These tufts, once cleaned and bleached, take the aspect of golden thread. Only a handful of artisans on Sardinia still have the knowledge of how to work these fibers, the knowledge having been transmitted orally for generations In this new review of latest research, 17 papers concentrate on two marine resources used in ancient textile manufacture: shellfish purple dye and sea silk. Papers include the study of epigraphical and historical sources, practical experiments, as well as, highlighting the presence of purple dye in the Mediterranean area in the archaeological data and in new research contexts; linguistic issues pertaining to terminology, archaeological investigation, the study of the physical and chemical properties of sea silk and the step-by-step practical working of sea silk fibers.The comprehensive multifaceted overview makes this collection a valuable resource for anyone interested in ancient textiles, dyes and textile technology.
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Gods And Garments - Textiles In Greek Sanctuaries In The 7th To The 1st Centuries Bc

by Brons Cecilie Brons

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 Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship. The aim of the present enquiry is, therefore, to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles played in the performance of Greek ritual and their wider consequences. Among the questions posed are how and where we can detect the use of textiles in the sanctuaries, and how they were used in rituals including their impact on the performance of these rituals and the people involved. Chapters centre on three themes: first, the dedication of textiles and clothing accessories in Greek sanctuaries is investigated through a thorough examination of the temple inventories. Second, the use of textiles to dress ancient cult images is explored. The examination of Hellenistic and Roman copies of ancient cult images from Asia Minor as well as depictions of cult images in vase-painting in collocation with written sources illustrates the existence of this particular ritual custom in ancient Greece. Third, the existence of dress codes in the Greek sanctuaries is addressed through an investigation of the existence of particular attire for ritual personnel as well as visitors to the sanctuaries with the help of iconography and written sources. By merging the study of Greek religion and the study of textiles, the current study illustrates how textiles are, indeed, central materialisations of Greek cult, by reason of their capacity to accentuate and epitomize aspects of identity, spirituality, position in the religious system, by their forms as links between the maker, user, wearer, but also as key material agents in the performance of rituals and communication with the divine.
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Iconic Costumes - Scandinavian Late Iron Age Costume Iconography

by Mannering Ulla Mannering

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 This richly illustrated book presents a selection of the rich and varied iconographic material from the Scandinavian Late Iron Age (AD 400-1050) depicting clothed human figures, from an archaeological textile and clothing perspective. The source material consists of five object categories: gold foils, gold bracteates, helmet plaques, jewelry, and textile tapestries and comprises over 1000 different images of male and female costumes which are then systematically examined in conjunction with our present knowledge of archaeological textiles. In particular, the study explores the question of whether the selected images complement the archaeological clothing sources, through a new analytical tool which enables us to compare and contrast the object categories in regard to material, function, chronology, context and interpretation. The tool is used to record and analyze the numerous details of the iconographic costumes, and to facilitate a clear and easy description. This deliberate use of explicit costume shapes enhances our interpretation and understanding of the Late Iron Age clothing tradition. Thus, the majority of the costumes depicted are identified in the Scandinavian archaeological textile record, demonstrating that the depictions are a reliable source of research for both iconographical costume and archaeological clothing. The book contributes with new information on social, regional and chronological differences in clothing traditions from ca. AD 400 to the Viking Age.
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Dyer'S Handbook - Memoirs Of An 18th-Century Master Colourist

by Cardon Dominique Cardon

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 A translation and facsimile reproduction of a unique 18th century French manuscript that provides colour recipes and samples for producing dyes for the textiles of the day. With analysis and essays setting it in context.
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Woven Threads - Patterned Textiles Of The Aegean Bronze Age

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 Investigates evidence for patterned textiles produced by the Minoans and Mycenaeans.
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Wool Economy In The Ancient Near East

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 From the Beginnings of Sheep Husbandry to Institutional Textile Industry. The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep and their wool always played an important economic role.
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Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles And Dress

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 Textile and dress production, from raw materials to finished items, has had a significant impact on society from its earliest history. The essays in this volume offer a fresh insight into the emerging interdisciplinary research field of textile and dress studies by discussing archaeological, iconographical and textual evidence within a broad geographical and chronological spectrum. The thirteen chapters explore issues, such as the analysis of textile tools, especially spindle whorls, and textile imprints for reconstructing textile production in contexts as different as Neolithic Transylvania, the Early Bronze Age North Aegean and the Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean; the importance of cuneiform clay tablets as a documentary source for both drawing a detailed picture of the administration of a textile industry and for addressing gender issues, such as the construction of masculinity in the Sumerian kingdoms of the 3rd millennium BC; and discussions of royal and priestly costumes and clothing ornaments in the Mesopotamian kingdom of Mari and in Mycenaean culture. Textile terms testify to intensive exchanges between Semitic and Indo-European languages, especially within the terminology of trade goods. The production and consumption of textiles and garments are demonstrated in 2nd millennium Hittite Anatolia; from 1st millennium BC Assyria, a cross-disciplinary approach combines texts, realia and iconography to produce a systematic study of golden dress decorations; and finally, the important discussion of fibres, flax and wool, in written and archaeological sources is evidence for delineating the economy of linen and the strong symbolic value of fibre types in 1st millennium Babylonia and the Southern Levant. The volume is part of a pair together with Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress: An Interdisciplinary Anthology edited by Mary Harlow and Marie-Louise Nosch.
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Textiles And The Medieval Economy - Production, Trade, And Consumption Of Textiles, 8th-16th Centuries

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 Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. New in paperback.
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Making Textiles In Pre-Roman And Roman Times - People, Places, Identities

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 Papers in this volume approach the investigation of textile production and trade in the Roman Empire and beyond its borders by focusing in particular on the identity of the agents involved in these activities.
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Textile Production In Pre-Roman Italy

by Gleba Margarita Gleba

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 Older than both ceramics and metallurgy, textile production is a technology which reveals much about prehistoric social and economic development. This book examines the archaeological evidence for textile production in Italy from the transition between the Bronze Age and Early Iron Ages until the Roman expansion (1000-400 BCE), and sheds light on both the process of technological development and the emergence of large urban centres with specialised crafts. Margarita Gleba begins with an overview of the prehistoric Appennine peninsula, which featured cultures such as the Villanovans and the Etruscans, and was connected through colonisation and trade with the other parts of the Mediterranean. She then focuses on the textiles themselves: their appearance in written and iconographic sources, the fibres and dyes employed, how they were produced and what they were used for: we learn, for instance, of the linen used in sails and rigging on Etruscan ships, and of the complex looms needed to produce twill. Featuring a comprehensive analysis of textiles remains and textile tools from the period, the book recovers information about funerary ritual, the sexual differentiation of labour (the spinners and weavers were usually women) and the important role the exchange of luxury textiles played in the emergence of an elite. Textile production played a part in ancient Italian society''s change from an egalitarian to an aristocratic social structure, and in the emergence of complex urban communities.
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Fashionable Encounters - Perspectives And Trends In Textile And Dress In The Early Modern Nordic World

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 At the heart of this anthology lies the world of fashion: a concept that pervades the realm of clothes and dress; appearances and fashionable manners; interior design; ideas and attitudes. Here sixteen papers focus on the Nordic world (Denmark, Norway, Sweden Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Isles and Greenland) within the time frame AD 1500-1850.
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