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Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean

E.J.W Barber 1993 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9780691035970 (hardcover)
  • 9780691002248 (paper)
Subject
  • Middle Eastern 2: Ancient to 632
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations and Tables (page ix)
  • Preface (page xxi)
  • Site Maps (page xxiv)
  • Chronology (in Logarithmic Scale) of Main Eras Mentioned, 20,000-400 B.C. (page xxx)
  • Chronology of Later Cultures Mentioned, 3000-400 B.C. (page xxxi)
  • Introduction (page 3)
  • PART I: THE BASIC TEXTILE CRAFTS — THE DATA
  • 1. The Domestication of Fibers (page 9)
  • 2. Spinning (page 39)
  • 3. Looms and Weaving (page 79)
  • 4. The Textile Weaves: (1) The Beginnings (page 126)
  • 5. The Textile Weaves: (2) Egypt (page 145)
  • 6. The Textile Weaves: (3) The Bronze Age (page 163)
  • 7. The Textile Weaves: (4) The Iron Age (page 186)
  • 8. The Textile Weaves (5) An Overall View (page 210)
  • 9. Felt and Felting (page 215)
  • 10. Dyes (page 223)
  • PART II: DISCUSSION
  • Introduction to Part II (page 247)
  • 11. Beginnings Revisited (page 249)
  • 12. Word Excavation (page 260)
  • 13. Women's Work (page 283)
  • 14. The Weight Chase (page 299)
  • 15. Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Keftiu (page 311)
  • 16. And Penelope? (page 358)
  • Coda (page 383)
  • APPENDICES
  • A. The Loom Weights: Data Table and Its Bibliography for Chapter 3 (page 387)
  • B. The Hollow Whorls: List and Its Bibliography for Chapter 14 (page 391)
  • C. Aegean Representations of Cloth: List and Its Bibliography for Chapter 15 (page 394)
  • D. Egyptian Tombs with Aegean Data: List and Its Bibliography for Chapter 15 (page 396)
  • Bibliography (page 397)
  • Index (page 431)
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