Berit Hildebrandt with Carole Gillis, eds. Silk: Trade and Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in Antiquity (Ancient Textiles Series 19. Oxford & Philadephia: Oxbow Books, 2017, 130 pp, 85 colour and 24 b/w illustr., hbk, ISBN978-1-78570-289-2)

Abstract

Transfers of technology, techniques, and designs and whether they went east or west are further themes. Based on a workshop held at Harvard University in 2012, the volume is dedicated to the memory of Dr Irene Good (1958-2013), a pioneer in using biochemical analysis in order to identify silks from different moth species. It consists of an introduction, eight papers, and an appreciation of Dr Good.