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The Unwound Yarn : Birth and Development of Textile Tools Between Levant and Egypt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spinazzi-Lucchesi, Chiara.
- Series:
- Antiquity Studies
- Antiquity Studies ; v.18
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Spinning.
- Weaving.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Venice, Italy : Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Digital Publishing, 2018.
- Summary:
- This scholarly work examines the development and use of textile tools in the Levant and Egypt from the Neolithic to the Persian period. It provides detailed descriptions and analyses of spinning and weaving technologies, highlighting differences in materials and tool designs. The study incorporates artifacts from the Museo Egizio in Turin, including spindles, spindle whorls, bone spatulae, and needles, many of which originated from Deir el-Medina. Comparative analysis with other sites in Egypt and the Levant offers insights into the evolution of textile production. The book also includes a catalog with precise measurements and descriptions of the tools studied. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 25
- Pages:26 to 50
- Pages:51 to 75
- Pages:76 to 100
- Pages:101 to 125
- Pages:126 to 150
- Pages:151 to 175
- Pages:176 to 200
- Pages:201 to 206.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 88-6969-232-9
- OCLC:
- 1611783669
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