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Making textiles in pre-Roman and Roman times
Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past. While most textiles were manufactured at a household level, valued textiles were traded over long distances and these trade networks were influenced by raw material supply, labour skills, costs, as well as by...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT
: Oxbow Books
, 2013
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| Series: | Ancient Textiles Series
v. 13 |
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/jstor-ebooks-altertum/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvh1dr70 |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Making textiles in pre-Roman and Roman times |
| E-Book Packages: | JSTOR E-Books in Classical Studies |
| Summary: | Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past. While most textiles were manufactured at a household level, valued textiles were traded over long distances and these trade networks were influenced by raw material supply, labour skills, costs, as well as by regional traditions. This was true in the Mediterranean regions and Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman times explores the abundant archaeological and written evidence to understand the typological and geographical diversity of textile commodities. Beginning in the Iron Age, the volume examines t |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 9781842179024 1842179020 9781842179000 1842179004 |
