Wool economy in the ancient near east and the aegean : from the beginnings of sheep husbandry to institutional textile industry /
: The Present volume gatherstogether the contributions presented at the European science foundation exploratory wirkshop on wool economy in ancient near east and the aegean : from the beginnings of sheep husbandry to institutional textile industry, which took place in nanterre, november 7-10, 2012-foreword. : viii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781782976318
The genesis of the textile industry from adorned nudity to ritual regalia : the changing role of fibre crafts and their evolving techniques of manufacture in the ancient Near East...
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The Genesis of the Textile Industry from Adorned Nudity to Ritual Regalia documents and evaluates the changing role of fibre crafts and their evolving techniques of manufacture and also their ever-increasing wider application in the lives of the inhabitants of the earliest villages of the Ancient Near East. It is a broad-spectrum enquiry into fibre working in a broad swathe from Mesopotamia across Persia and Anatolia to the Nile Valley. It focuses, however, on the southern Levant from incipient sedentism in the Natufian culture, c. 13,000 cal BCE to the Ghassulian culture, c. 4500-3800/3700 cal BCE. This is the first comprehensive study addressing the fibre technologies of the southern Levant on a long chronological axis. Currently, fibre crafts play only a minor role in archaeological thinking.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (x, 323 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789694499 (ebook) :
Designing identity : the power of textiles in late antiquity /
: Catalog of an exhibition held at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, February 25, 2016-May 22, 2016. This exhibition catalogue explores the parallel histories of ancient textile production and consumption, and the modern business of collecting Late Antique textiles. : 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm : Includes bibliographical references. : 9780691169422
Collegia centonariorum : the guilds of textile dealers in the Roman West /
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The collegia centonariorum were often seen as the municipal fire-brigades or status groups of sorts in the Roman cities. Through a close investigation of the chronological development and geographical distribution of the collegia centonariorum, their legal privileges, and the prosopographical data of members and patrons, this volume reveals a much more complex picture of their origins, characters and compositions in various regions from the first century BC to the fourth century AD. Intricately connected with the textile economy, the collegia centonariorum illustrate how elements as diverse as material demand from the military and the city of Rome, legal infrastructure, urban development, and organizations of urban-based craftsmen and tradesmen may have interfaced with each other in the Roman world.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
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