Textile-making in central Tyrrhenian Italy from the final Bronze Age to the Republican Period
By: Sanna Lipkin
Series: BAR international series -- 2369; BAR international series -- 2369.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781407309569
Subjects: Textile industry; History; Antiquities
Description: "This is a study on textile production in central Tyrrhenian Italy from the final Bronze Age to the Republican period. Textile production is studied here through its technological, social and economic aspects. Textiles and their making were important parts of all fields of life in ancient Italy. Textiles and textile implements are found from settlement sites, burials, votive deposits and sanctuaries. The differences between the finds from different contexts through time point out the changes in material culture related to textile-making. The changes in the materials also indicate the change from household production of textiles to a workshop mode of production and specialisation, and later the development of slave involvement. Through the scope of this study one learns that textile production went through the introduction of many new technologies. This book presents new insights on the importance of textile-making in the ancient society and economy. The question of the importance of textile-making is approached through different angles concerning age, gender, ethnicity, social status, profession and religion, and in so doing a new insight on the multifaceted identity of textile makers and their social status is built"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Aims and challenges; title: The database and processing methods; title: Theoretical background and methodologies; title: Textile archaeological background; title: Textile tools in central Tyrrhenian Italy - technical features and results of archaeological experiments. Spindle whorls, spindles and distaffs; title: Loom weights; title: Tablet weaving tools; title: Making of ceramic textile tools; title: Conclusion on textile tools; title: Textiles and the techniques employed. Spinning threads-fibres and techniques; title: Textiles-techniques and finished products; title: Conclusion on fibres, threads, textiles and techniques; title: The social meaning of textile-making. Textile-making in everyday life and afterlife; title: Textile-making as a part of central Tyrrhenian Italian religion; title: Conclusions on social meanings; title: Economic importance. Wool and linen for textiles; title: Special fibres and colourful clothing; title: Time aspects reconsidered; title: Economic aspects; title: The importance of textile-making in central Tyrrhenian Italy-a conclusion; title: Conclusions.