Crafts & Cooking
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The Submerged Site of La Marmotta (Rome, Italy): Decrypting a Neolithic Society: Woodworking, Basketry, Textiles and Other Crafts [Paperback]
Mario Mineo(Editor); Juan Gibaja(Editor); Niccolò Mazzucco(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258714
Published by : Oxbow Books
The shift from a hunting and gathering economy to a productive economy, based on the domestication of plants and animals, is one of the most important changes in human history. This change, which manifested itself in different forms and at differe... .... Learn More -
Textiles in Motion: Dress for Dance in the Ancient World [Hardback]
Audrey Gouy(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789257984
Published by : Oxbow Books
Dress is at the core of dance. It adorns dancers, defines various roles and forms symbolic expressions that, for example, either bind people together or opposes them. It is a communicative tool that gives crucial information for understanding the ... .... Learn More -
Exploring Ancient Textiles: Pushing the Boundaries of Established Methodologies [Paperback]
Alistair Dickey(Editor); Margarita Gleba(Editor); Sarah Hitchens(Editor); Gabriella Longhitano(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789257250
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 40
Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study. It has greatly benefited from interdisciplinary approaches, which combine the application of advanced technological knowledge to... .... Learn More -
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands: Insular and Interwoven [Paperback]
Dr. Peter Ten Hoopen(Author)
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ISBN: 9789464280128
Published by : Sidestone Press
This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically, this technical perspective highlights the human factor. Focus... .... Learn More -
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands: Insular and Interwoven [Hardback]
Dr. Peter Ten Hoopen(Author)
Regular Price: $195.00
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ISBN: 9789464280135
Published by : Sidestone Press
This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically, this technical perspective highlights the human factor. Focus... .... Learn More -
Iconic Costumes: Scandinavian Late Iron Age Costume Iconography [Paperback]
Ulla Mannering(Author)
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ISBN: 9781789255478
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 25
This richly illustrated book presents a selection of the rich and varied iconographic material from the Scandinavian Late Iron Age (AD 400-1050) depicting clothed human figures, from an archaeological textile and clothing perspective. The source m... .... Learn More -
Silk: Trade and Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in Antiquity [Paperback]
Berit Hildebrandt(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789255515
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 29
Already in Greek and Roman antiquity a vibrant series of exchange relationships existed between the Mediterranean regions and China, including the Indian subcontinent, along well-defined routes we call the Silk Roads. Among the many goods that fou... .... Learn More -
From Cooking Vessels to Cultural Practices in the Late Bronze Age Aegean [Paperback]
Julie Hruby(Editor); Debra Trusty(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785706325
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Late Bronze Age Aegean cooking vessels illuminate prehistoric cultures, foodways, social interactions, and communication systems. While many scholars have focused on the utility of painted fineware vessels for chronological purposes, the contribut... .... Learn More -
Treasures from the Sea: Sea Silk & Shellfish Purple Dye in Antiquity [Hardback]
Hedvig Landenius Enegren(Editor); Francesco Meo(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785704352
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Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 30
This interdisciplinary volume presents a collection of 17 papers which treat the current state of research on two marine resources used in ancient textile manufacture, shellfish purple dye and sea silk. Purple dye is extracted from the glands of t... .... Learn More -
Dress and Society: contributions from archaeology [Paperback]
T. F. Martin(Editor); R. Weech(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785703157
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While traditional studies of dress and jewelry have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a... .... Learn More
