Prehistoric textiles : the development of cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with special reference to the Aegean /
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1991.Description: xxix, 471 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780691002248
- 069100224X
- GT 733 BAR
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-430) and index.
Part 1: The basic textile crafts - 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 2: Discussions - Beginnings revisited -- Word excavation -- Women's work -- The weight chase -- Minoans, Mycenaeans and Keftiu -- And Penelope?
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 prehistoric cultures, than anyone previously assumed. The textile industry is in fact older than pottery, and perhaps even older than agriculture and stockbreeding.