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 prehistoric cultures, than anyone previously assumed. The textile industry is in fact older than pottery, and perhaps even older than agriculture and stockbreeding
Print Book, English, ©1991
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1991
xxix, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780691035970, 9780691002248, 0691035970, 069100224X
19922311
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?
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