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

This monograph attempts to revise present ideas of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using linguistic techniques as wel

Textiles, textile production and clothing were essentials of living in prehistory, locked into the system of society at every level "social, economic and even r

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

There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender,