Textiles & Weaving, Clothing & Stitchery
Archaeological textiles and textile production, preservation techniques, styles of dress, and textiles in past economies, societies and cultures.
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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
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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 -
Jewelry and adornment of Libya [Hardback]
Hala Ghellali (Author)
£37.95ISBN: 9789492940278
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Hala Ghellali was eighteen years old when her father first took her to the market to buy her first silver bracelets. They visited traditional jewelers in the madina al-qadima, the old walled city of Tripoli. This single event in 1975, ignited her ... .... Learn More -
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands: Insular and Interwoven [Hardback]
Peter Ten Hoopen (Author)
£180.00ISBN: 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. Focuse... .... Learn More -
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands: Insular and Interwoven [Paperback]
Peter Ten Hoopen (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 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. Focuse... .... Learn More -
Exploring Ancient Textiles: Pushing the Boundaries of Established Methodologies [Paperback]
Alistair Dickey (Editor); Margarita Gleba (Editor); Sarah Hitchens (Editor); Gabriella Longhitano (Editor)
£36.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789257250
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 40
Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study. It has greatly benefitted from interdisciplinary approaches, which combine the application of advanced technological knowledge t... .... Learn More -
Tracing Textile Production from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages: Tools, Textiles, Texts and Contexts [Hardback]
Ingvild Øye (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789257779
Published by : Oxbow Books
This book concerns textile production at the fringes of north-western Europe – areas in western Norway and the North Atlantic in the expanding, dynamic and transformative period from the early Viking Age into the Middle Ages. Textiles constitute o... .... Learn More -
Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography [Hardback]
Susanna Harris (Editor); Cecilie Brøns (Editor); Marta Zuchowska (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789257212
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 38
This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions such as sculpture, vase painting, figurines, reli... .... Learn More -
First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean [Paperback]
Małgorzata Siennicka (Editor); Lorenz Rahmstorf (Editor); Agata Ulanowska (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9781789256871
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 32
Textile production and the manufacture of clothing was one of the most essential daily activities in prehistory. Textiles were significant objects of practical use, and at the same time had cultural, social and symbolic meaning, crucial for displa... .... Learn More -
Crafting Textiles: Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century [Paperback]
Frances Pritchard (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789257595
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 39
New research into the techniques of tablet weaving, sprang, braiding, knotting and lace is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume written by leading specialists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and... .... Learn More -
Crafting Minoanisation: Textiles, Crafts Production and Social Dynamics in the Bronze Age southern Aegean [Hardback]
Joanne Elizabeth Cutler (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785709661
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 33
The mid second millennium BC material record of the southern Aegean shows evidence of strong Cretan influence. This phenomenon has traditionally been seen in terms of ‘Minoanisation’, but the nature and degree of Cretan influence, and the process/... .... Learn More
