Crafts & Cooking
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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
Published by : Oxbow Books
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
Published by : Oxbow Books
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 -
Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC [Hardback]
Cecilie Brøns(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785703553
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 28
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles ... .... Learn More -
Textile Production in Classical Athens [Hardback]
Stella Spantidaki(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785702525
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 27
Textile technology is older than any other ancient craft and is an instance of cognitive archaeology that provides vital information about society. In ancient Greece, textiles were considered among the principal and most fundamental cultural expre... .... Learn More -
Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature [Hardback]
Giovanni Fanfani(Editor); Mary Harlow(Editor); Marie Louise Nosch(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785701603
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 24
Textile imagery is pervasive in classical literature. An awareness of the craft and technology of weaving and spinning, of the production and consumption of clothing items, and of the social and religious significance of garments is key to the ap... .... Learn More -
Weben und Gewebe in der Antike / Texts and Textiles in the Ancient World: Materialität – Repräsentation – Episteme – Metapoetik / Materiality – Representation – Episteme – Metapoetics [Hardback]
Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer(Author)
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ISBN: 9781785700620
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Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 23
Weaving and Fabric in Antiquity: Materiality – Representation – Epistemology – Metapoetics presents 11 papers arranged under the four headings of the title which focus on the process of textile manufacture, the weaving process i... .... Learn More -
Tools, Textiles and Contexts: Textile Production in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age [Hardback]
Eva Andersson Strand(Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842174722
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 21
Textile production is one of the most important crafts in Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age societies and recent interdisciplinary and collaborative work offers crucial new perspectives into this field. The new and updated catalogue of a... .... Learn More -
Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities [Hardback]
Margarita Gleba(Editor); Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842177679
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Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 13
Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past. While most textiles were manufactured at a household level, valued textiles were traded over long distances and these trade networks were influenced by raw ... .... Learn More -
Food and Cooking in Nineteenth-Century Britain: History and Recipes [Paperback]
Maggie Black(Author)
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ISBN: 9781850745396
Published by : English Heritage
This is an illustrated history, with information on food, cooking equipment, the design of kitchens, the serving of meals and the development of taste and etiquette, with recipes adapted for the modern kitchen. .... Learn More
