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 sugge… Show more
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