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Textiles and textile production in Europe from prehistory to AD 400 / edited by Margarita Gleba and Ulla Mannering.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ancient textiles series ; v. 11.
- Ancient textiles series ; v. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile fabrics, Prehistoric--Europe.
- Textile fabrics, Prehistoric.
- Textile fabrics, Medieval--Europe.
- Textile fabrics, Medieval.
- Textile industry--Europe--History.
- Textile industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (481 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakville : Oxbow Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, religion, ethnicity and social, political, economic and legal status. Besides expressing our identity, textiles protect us from the harsh conditions of the environment, whether as clothes or shelter. We use them at birth for swaddling, in illness as bandages and at death as shrouds. We use them to carry and contain people and things. We use them for subsistence to catch fish and animals and for trans
- Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; List of Maps; Introduction: Textile Preservation, Analysis and Technology; 1. Austria: Bronze and Iron Ages; 2. Austria: Roman Period; 3. Denmark; 4. Germany: Bronze and Pre-Roman Iron Ages; 5. Case Study: The Textiles from the Princely Burial at Eberdingen-Hochdorf, Germany; 6. Germany: Roman Iron Age; 7. Greece; 8. Italy: Bronze Age; 9. Italy: Iron Age; 10. Case Study: The Textiles from Verucchio, Italy; 11. Case Study: The Tablet-Woven Borders of Verucchio; 12. Latvia; 13. Norway; 14. Poland; 15. Slovak and Czech Republics; 16. Spain; 17. Sweden
- 18. Switzerland: Neolithic Period19. Switzerland: Bronze and Iron Ages; 20. Ukraine; 21. Scotland and Ireland; 22. England: Bronze and Iron Ages; 23. England: Roman Period; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-44132-7
- 1-84217-923-3
- OCLC:
- 829461120
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