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Author Barber, E.J.W., 1940-

Title Prehistoric textiles [electronic resource] : the development of cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with special reference to the Aegean / E. J. W. Barber.

Imprint Princeton, New Jersey ; Chichester, West Sussex : Princeton University Press, 1991.

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Description xxxi, 471 p. : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 25 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note Third printing, for the Princeton Paperback edition, 1992.
We are very grateful to the Publications Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent Federal agency, for its support.
Published with the assistance of the Getty Grant Program.
This book has been composed in Linotron Caledonia.
Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Printed in the United States of America.
Bibliography Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
Contents The Basic Textile Crafts - The Data -- Discussions.
The Domestication of Fibers -- Spinning -- Looms and Weaving -- The Textile Weaves: (1) The Beginnings -- The Textile Weaves: (2) Egypt -- The Textile Weaves: (3) The Bronze Age -- The Textile Weaves: (4) The Iron Age -- The Textile Weaves: (5) An Overall View -- Felt and Felting -- Dyes -- Beginnings Revisited -- Word Excavation -- Women's Work -- The Weight Chase -- Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Keftiu -- And Penelope?
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Subject Textile fabrics, Prehistoric -- Europe.
Textile fabrics, Prehistoric -- Middle East.
Neolithic period -- Europe.
Bronze age -- Middle East.
Neolithic period -- Middle East.
Bronze age -- Europe.
Europe -- Antiquities.
Middle East -- Antiquities.
Middle Eastern 2 : -- Ancient to 632.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 0691035970
069100224X pbk.
9780691002248
978069100224X
Standard No. 2027/heb00208 hdl

 
    
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