Ancient textiles series textile activity and cultural identity in sicily between the late bronze age and archaic period

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Explores the role, significance and technological development of textile manufacture in 1st millennium BC Sicily.



Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment. Besides a practical function, textiles played a crucial role in communicating various aspects of social and personal identity.

Based largely on the analysis of textile tools, this book is intended to be the first systematic attempt at reconstructing textile culture in ancient Sicily. Textile implements represent the most abundant category of evidence for textile activity in Sicily and in this book they are used as a means to explore the social dynamics within cultural interactions in the final Bronze–Iron Age and Archaic Sicily.

The book begins with an overview of the cultural complexity of communities in Sicily and the Aeolian islands, focusing on two crucial periods of Sicilian history, which are characterised by intense movements of peoples from the Italian peninsula and the establishment of Greek and Phoenician settlements. Through the investigation of textile tools, the book discusses several key aspects, including technological features of textile technology and production, knowledge transfer, networks of weavers, as well as the social significance of textile activity.

By employing an interdisciplinary perspective, this book is important not only for textile specialists but also for scholars and students dealing with culturally hybrid frameworks of ancient Sicily and provides a springboard for future studies on textile culture and cultural interactions in the ancient world.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 mei 2021

Aantal pagina's: 192

Hoofdauteur: Gabriella Longhitano

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxbow Books

Product breedte: 170 mm

Product lengte: 240 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 170 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 240 mm

Verpakking lengte: 240 mm

EAN: 9781789255997

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