
Track this book
You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
About
Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from palaeobiology and other fields, this book shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has been supposed. Cloth making was an industry that consumed more time and effort, and was more culturally significant to prehistoric cultures, than anyone previously assumed. The textile industry is in fact older than pottery, and perhaps even older than agriculture and stockbreeding.
More by E. J. W. Barber
All booksMore like this








Reviews
Rating integrity
HealthyCounted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.
Editions
2 editions- Paperback · English · 1992Princeton University Press · 508 pages · 9780691002248
- Other · English · 1991Princeton University Press · 471 pages · 9780691035970
EuropePrehistoric Textile fabricsBronze ageAntiquitiesNeolithic periodMiddle EastTextile fabrics, PrehistoricTextiel
