Ancient Textiles : Production, Crafts and Society

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Nosch, Marie-Louise.

Contributor:

Gillis, C.

Danish National Research Foundation. Centre for Textile Research.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Ancient Textiles (1st : 2003 : Lund, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark)

Series:

Ancient Textiles Series

Ancient Textiles Series ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Congresses.

Local Subjects:

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (738 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2007.

Summary:

An understanding of textiles and the role they played in the past is important for anyone interested in past societies. Textiles served and in fact still do as both functional and symbolic items. The evidence for ancient textiles in Europe is split quite definitely along a north-south divide, with an abundance of actual examples in the north, but precious little in the south, where indirect evidence comes from such things as vase painting and frescoes. This volume brings together these two schools to look in more detail at textiles in the ancient world, and is based on a conference held in Den

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES: BACKGROUND, STUDIES AND APPLICATION; 1 Methodological Introduction; Notes; 2 The World According to Textiles; Introduction; The Construction of Knowledge; Experimental Archaeology; Inductive and Deductive Reasoning; Textile Archaeology and Theory; Mons Claudianus; The World According to Textiles; Textiles in Academia; Notes; 3 The Academic Craftsman-A Discussion on Knowledge of Craft in Textile Research; Notes; PART 2 PRODUCTION AND ORGANIZATION; 4 Textile Tools and Production during the Viking Age

IntroductionThe Uses of and Needs for Textiles and Raw Materials; Tools and Techniques; The Organization of Textile Manufacturing; The Results; Summary; Notes; 5 Spinning and Weaving at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria): Some Observations on Spindle-Whorls and Loom-Weights from the Bronze and Iron Ages; Introduction; Spindle-whorls; Loom-weights; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Textile Industry and Minoan Palaces; Introduction; Raw Material Production and Collection; Raw Material Processing; Raw Material Distribution; Textile Manufacture; Textile Distribution and Consumption; Conclusions; Notes

Acknowledgements7 Flax and Linen Textiles in the Mycenaean Palatial Economy; Designations for Flax and Linen: Metrological Problems; Linen Textiles in the Mycenaean Texts: Overview; Specialised Workers in the Linen Cloth Industry; Notes; Acknowledgements; 8 Cloth Production in Late Bronze Age Greece: the Documentary Evidence; Notes; 9 Washing and Dyeing Installations of the Ancient Mediterranean: towards a Definition from Roman Times back to Minoan Crete; Introduction; Definition of a Working Area and Main Characteristics of Washing and Dyeing Installations

Towards a Model: Analyzing the Best-known Ancient Washing and Dyeing ContextsExporting the Model: Looking for Washing and Dyeing Installations on Minoan Crete; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements; 10 The Kingdom of Midas and Royal Cloth Production; Notes; 11 Textile Production in Proto-historic Italy: from Specialists to Workshops; Notes; 12 Textiles from the 1st Century CE in Jerusalem-a Preliminary Report; Introduction-the Akeldama Area; Reconstruction; Multi-disciplinary Research; Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements

13 Artifacts Related to Preparation of Wool and Textile Processing Found Inside the Terrace Houses of Ephesus, TurkeyWeaving; Sewing and Spinning; Bridging Archaeological Finds and Social Life; Notes; 14 'Dyeing' in Ancient Italy? Evidence for the purpurarii; Notes; Acknowledgements; 15 Local Cloth Production in Medieval Turku, Finland; Introduction; Domestic or Professionally Produced Cloths?; Imported or Locally Produced Textiles?; Notes; 16 Woolen Textiles in Archaeological Finds and Descriptions in Written Sources of the 14th to 18th Centuries; Sites and Contexts of Finds

Varieties of Woven Cloth

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78297-441-5

1-78297-439-3

OCLC:

881570257