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Clothing Bodies : Weaving and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age
Clothing Bodies : Weaving and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age
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Author(s): Vakirtzi, Sophia
ISBN No.: 9781009679091
Year: 202601
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 101.00
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

This Element explores the textile crafts and cloth cultures of the Aegean Bronze Age, focusing on two categories of archaeological evidence: excavated textiles (or their imprints) and tools used for yarn production and weaving. Together, these types of material testimonies offer complementary perspectives on a textile history that spans 2,000 years. A gro wing body of evidence suggests that the Aegean was home to communities of skilled textile craftspeople who produced cloth ranging from plain and coarse to fine and elaborate. As regional connectivity increased throughout the Bronze Age, interactions in textile craft flourished. In time, textile production became central to the political economies that emerged in the Aegean region. The expertise of Bronze Age Aegean spinners and weavers is vividly illustrated through the material record of their tools, while even the smallest excavated cloth fragments stand as fragile, yet enduring testaments to textile craftsmanship.


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