La Tessitura a Mozia: Nuove Evidenze

Abstract

The results of archaeological excavations atMotyahave highlightedthe importance of textile production and the circulation of luxury goods in this nodalsettlementof the Mediterraneansince its origins. In the city, warp-weightedloomis widely attested, as shown by thediscovering oflarge quantity ofloomweights. New analyses, carried out on materials relating to textile production collected in thearchaeologicalexcavationsof over a century, andalsocollected in the new discoveries of the Sapienza Expeditionhave suggested that tablet weaving was known in Motya