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Textile production and consumption in the ancient Near East : archaeology, epigraphy, iconography / edited by M.-L. Nosch, H. Koefoed and E. Andersson Strand
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ancient textiles series ; v. 12.
- Ancient textiles series ; vol. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile industry--Middle East--History.
- Textile industry.
- Textile fabrics, Ancient--Middle East.
- Textile fabrics, Ancient.
- Copper age--Middle East.
- Copper age.
- Bronze age--Middle East.
- Bronze age.
- Iron age--Middle East.
- Iron age.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK : Oxbow Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- In the past, textile production was a key part of all ancient societies. The Ancient Near East stands out in this respect with the overwhelming amount of documentation both in terms of raw materials, line of production, and the distribution of finished products. The thirteen intriguing chapters in Textile Production and Consumption in the Ancient Near East describe the developments and changes from household to standardised, industrialised and centralised productions which take place in the region. They discuss the economic, social and cultural impact of textiles on ancient society through the application of textile tool studies, experimental testing, context studies and epigraphical as well as iconographical sources. Together they demonstrate that the textile industries, production, technology, consumption and innovations are crucial to, and therefore provide an in-depth view of ancient societies during this period. Geographically the contributions cover Anatolia, the Levant, Syria, the Assyrian heartland, Sumer, and Egypt.
- Contents:
- ‡a Introduction / by Henriette Koefoed, Eva Andersson Strand and Marie-Louise Nosch
- Functions and uses of textiles in the ancient Near East: summary and perspectives / by Catherine Breniquet
- The emergence of the Ghassulian textile industry in the southern Levant Chalcolithic period (c. 4500-3900 BCE ) / by Janet Levy and Isaac Gilead
- Textile production in palatial and non-palatial contexts: the case of Tel Kabri / by Nurith Goshen, Assaf Yasur-Landau and Eric H. Cline
- Textiles, value, and the early economies of north Syria and Anatolia / by David R.A. Lumb
- Technology and palace economy in Middle Bronze Age Anatolia: the case of the crescent shaped loom weight / by Agnete Wisti Lassen
- Her share of the profits: women, agency, and textile production at K³ơltepe/Kanesh in the early second millennium BC / by Allison Karmel Thomason
- Visualising ancient textiles: how to make a textile visible on the basis of an interpretation of an Ur II text / by Eva Andersson Strand and Maria Cybulska
- The costumes of Inanna/Ishtar -/ by Bernice Jones
- Considering the finishing of textiles based on neo-Sumerian inscriptions from Girsu / by Richard Firth
- Tapestries in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages of the ancient Near East / by Joanna S. Smith
- Spinning from old threads: the whorls from Ugarit / by Caroline Sauvage
- Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: innovations in Mediterranean textile production at the end of the 2nd/beginning of the 1st millennium BCE / by Laura B. Mazow
- Textile production and consumption in the neo-Assyrian empire / by Salvatore Gaspa
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781782971139
- 1782971130
- 9781782971115
- 1782971114
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