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Textile-making in central Tyrrhenian Italy from the final Bronze Age to the Republican Period
- Title
- Textile-making in central Tyrrhenian Italy from the final Bronze Age to the Republican Period / Sanna Lipkin.
- Author
- Lipkin, Sanna.
- Publication
- Oxford : Archaeopress, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | AA963 B7684 no.2369 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 163 pages : illustrations, map; 30 cm.
- Series Statement
- BAR international series ; 2369
- Uniform Title
- BAR international series ; 2369.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-158) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Aims and challenges -- The database and processing methods -- Theoretical background and methodologies -- Textile archaeological background -- Textile tools in central Tyrrhenian Italy - technical features and results of archaeological experiments. Spindle whorls, spindles and distaffs -- Loom weights -- Tablet weaving tools -- Making of ceramic textile tools -- Conclusion on textile tools -- Textiles and the techniques employed. Spinning threads-fibres and techniques -- Textiles-techniques and finished products -- Conclusion on fibres, threads, textiles and techniques -- The social meaning of textile-making. Textile-making in everyday life and afterlife -- Textile-making as a part of central Tyrrhenian Italian religion -- Conclusions on social meanings -- Economic importance. Wool and linen for textiles -- Special fibres and colourful clothing -- Time aspects reconsidered -- Economic aspects -- The importance of textile-making in central Tyrrhenian Italy-a conclusion -- Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 9781407309569
- 1407309560
- OCLC
- ocn795522213
- 795522213
- SCSB-5642611
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries