Growing enthusiasm for handspinning and weaving as studio crafts and increasing awareness of the value of organic materials have led to wider interest in archae

This small booklet is an important conservation guide. It deals with the special care required in order to deal with these delicate fabrics during their excavat

Older than both ceramics and metallurgy, textile production is a technology which reveals much about prehistoric social and economic development. This book exam

This pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative linguistic techniques, a

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