Textile Workers

Skills, Labour and Status of Textile Craftspeople Between the Prehistoric Aegean and the Ancient Near East

edited by Louise Quillien and Kalliope Sarri

Book cover: Textile Workers

Extent: 164 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Clothing & Textiles, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Oriental and European Archaeology

Series volume number: 13

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9783700181385

Price: $110.00

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Studies on ancient textiles currently know a considerable growth. This volume contributes to the field, focusing on craftmanship. By surveying various cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Aegean, the compiled articles offer an overview of textile workers in action from the Stone Age to Late Antiquity. Combining various approaches such as archaeology, text studies, and experimentation, the contributions explore the social status, gender, age, and working conditions of the textile workers. Moreover, they investigate their intellectual capability, through a study of the acquisition, performance and transmission of skills. This collective work aims at opening a new perspective in the field of textile studies, in particular in the history of textile crafts in ancient societies.

  • Edited by Louise Quillien
  • Edited by Kalliope Sarri