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From Minos to Midas : Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia

Textile production was of greater value and importance to people in the past than any other social craft activity: everyone depended on cloth. As with other craft goods, such as pottery, metal objects, or ivory carving, the large-scale production and exchange of textiles required specialization and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burke, Brendan (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Havertown : Oxbow Books , 2010
Series:Ancient textiles series v. 7
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Online Access:Volltext
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Framing the Discussion; 2 Prehistoric Textile Production on Crete; 3 Cloth Production in the Mycenaean World; 4 Gordion and Phrygian Cloth Production; 5 Comparative Textile Production and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index