Textile Production in Pre-Roman Italy by Gleba, Margarita -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Geographical and Chronological Context

Chronology

Bronze Age Early Iron Age The Orientalising phenomenon

Burial customs Settlement structure

Urbanisation

Exchange and trade Colonisation Cultures and facies

North Italy Central Adriatic Italy Central Tyrrhenian Italy South Italy Sicily Sardinia

Conclusions

Part 2: Sources

Written sources Iconography

Costume Utilitarian textiles Pattern Production

Archaeological evidence

Textiles Textile tools

Part 3: Fibres and Textiles

Textiles

Yarn Weave Finishing Effects of use and re-use

Archaeological textiles of Italy Catalogue

Neolithic period and Bronze Age Iron Age

Fibres

Flax Hemp Tree bast and other plant fibres Esparto Wool Goat wool

Dyes

Levelers and mordants Washing Dye plants and animals Archaeological evidence for dyes in Italy Iconographic evidence Purple

Gold thread Textile technology

Variety of fibres Yarn Thread count Weaves Tablet borders Dyeing Sewing

Textile function and context

Garments Shrouds Wrappings Utilitarian textiles and furnishings Ship rigging and sails Books

Conclusions

Part 4: Techniques and Tools

Fibre preparation

Flax Wool Shears Sorting and washing Comb Hook Situla

Spinning

Spindle Spinning hook Spindle whorl Distaff

Weaving

Loom Loom weight Beating tools

Tablet weaving

Tablet Spool Clasp Spacer and pegs

Other textile techniques Finishing

Linen: bleaching and smoothing Wool: fulling Pleating

Dyeing

Dyeing installations Grinding and pounding tools Purple

Sewing

Needle Knife

Conclusions

Part 5: Contexts

Settlement context

Bronze Age settlements Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age settlements Orientalising and Archaic period settlements Post-Archaic period settlements A case study: Poggio Civitate (Murlo)

Burial context

Gender Status Skill Age

Votive and sacred context

Votive deposits Foundation deposits Sanctuary textile production

Shipwrecks Conclusions

Part 6: Technology, Production and Trade

Technology and its changes

Changes in animal husbandry Increase in number of tools and their standardisation New tools New textiles: twill and other ‘standard’ weaves

Production

Modes of production Specialisation Specialists: craftswomen and men Labour organisation

Exchange

Trade Gift exchange Information exchange

Conclusions

Part 7: Coda: Textile Production in its Social Context Notes Bibliography

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