Prehistoric textiles : the development of cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with special reference to the Aegean /
Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from palaeobiology and other fields, this book shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has been supposed. Cloth making was an industry that consumed more time and effort, and was more culturally significant to prehisto...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1992]
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- PART I: THE BASIC TEXTILE CRAFTS--THE DATA: The domestication of fibers
- Spinning
- Looms and weaving
- The textile weaves: (1) The beginnings
- The textile weaves: (2) Egypt
- The textile weaves: (3) The Bronze Age
- The textile weaves: (4) The Iron Age
- The textile weaves: (5) An overall view
- Felt and felting
- Dyes
- PART II: DISCUSSIONS: Beginnings revisited
- World excavation
- Women's work
- The weight chase
- Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Keftiu
- And Penelope?