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Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress
Marie-Louise B Nosch
S. Spantidaki, 2014 “Embellishment techniques of classical Greek textiles”. In M. - L. Nosch (ed.), Interdisciplinary Studies In Textiles And Dress In Antiquity, Oxbow Books, Ancient Textile Series 19, 34-45.
Stella Spantidaki
Mary Harlow, Marie-Louise B Nosch
A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean
Textiles
2019 •
Marie-Louise B Nosch
Harris, S. Brøns, C. & Żuchowska. M. (eds.) Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography, Ancient Textiles Series Vol. 38
Abundance and splendour: textiles of Archaic Greek statues of young women (korai)
2022 •
Susanna Harris
The statues of young women in sixth century BCE Greece are remarkable for their elaborate textile clothing. Despite this, the evidence from representations of textiles is frequently dismissed because the clothing portrayed is considered too unreliable and confusing to interpret. This paper seeks to redress this issue by identifying the type, number and quality of textiles represented as garments on these famous statues. It considers the history of research that led to this lack of clarity and assesses the textiles on statues in the light of the archaeological evidence. The results demonstrate the quality and quantity of textiles worn in these outfits and lead to a wider discussion of the significance of these abundant and splendid materials.
Cloth in Crete and Cyprus
2012 •
Joanna S Smith, iris tzachili
Smith, J. S. and I. Tzachili 2012 “Cloth in Crete and Cyprus,” pp. 141–155 in G. Cadogan, M. Iacovou, J. Whitley, and K. Kopaka eds., Parallel Lives: Ancient Island Societies in Crete and Cyprus. British School at Athens Studies 20. London: British School at Athens.
The Multiple Functions and Lives of a Textile: the reuse of a garment
Ines Bogensperger
This fragment of a former tunic forms part of the textile collection in the Department of Papyri in the Austrian National Library (Vienna). It was repaired and mended several times before it was used in a burial context in late antique Egypt. The study of this textile in particular allows us to tell its own history starting from its production on the loom until its uses in daily life.
Unravelling the Tangled Threads of Ancient Embroidery – A Compilation of Written Sources and Archaeologically Preserved Textiles, in: M. Harlow / M.-L. Nosch (eds.), Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress – An Interdisciplinary Anthology, Oxford 2015 (Ancient Textiles Series 19), 207-235.
Kerstin Droß-Krüpe
Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Humanitites and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
2022 •
Sabine Karg
Chronostratigraphic analysis of plant remains from archaeological sites in the Circum-Alpine region dated between 4300 and 2600 BC prove that plant fibres played an important role in the daily life of prehistoric people. Numerous objects mad of plant fibres are preserved, such as strings, ropes, containers, nets and clothes. Fibre identification shows, that many objects are made of bast from trees. The amount of raw material must have been enormous, and the production process was very labour intensive. In addition, the exploitation of tree bast must have had an impact on the forest composition around the settlements. Experiments with lime bast extraction in a forest on the Danish island of Zealand allow us to calculate the yield of bast and the extrapolation of the human labour that is necessary to harvest and process lime bast. Although only few tools are required for manufacturing objects from plant fibres, we could demonstrate that Neolithic brushes made of thorns from sloe or hawthorn were most probably used for splitting tree bast into fine and regular strips that could then be twisted or even spun into threads. Moreover, we calculated the amount of bast that is needed for the production of two selected Neolithic objects.
Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress
Burial Threads: A Late Antique Textile and the Iconography of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning
Catherine G I N E S Taylor
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