Visualising Ancient Textiles – how to make a Textile Visible on the Basis of an Interpretation of an Ur III Text

Strand, Eva Andersson; Cybulska, Maria

doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dvx0.10

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“…Barber 1991;Gleba 2008), but how these can be used to assess the quality, type and origin of the fibres has been much debated (e.g. Andersson Strand et al 2008;Andersson Strand and Nosch In press;Grömer 2006;Kania 2015). Zooarchaeological studies, in combination with the study of the archaeobotanical remains, are critical to our understanding of whether there was access to wool or plant fibres or both (e.g.…”

Section: The Emergence Of Wool Production During the European Bronze Agementioning

confidence: 99%

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Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

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Brandt

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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In recent years, extensive archaeological studies have provided us with new knowledge on wool and woollen textile production in continental Europe during the Bronze Age. Concentrations of large numbers of textile tools, and of zooarchaeological evidence suggesting intense sheepherding, hint at specialized centres of wool production during the Bronze Age. The aim of this paper is to discuss whether engagement with this economic activity was facilitated by the introduction of new foreign sheep types, possibly from the Eastern Mediterranean, where well-established wool economies existed, or by using local sheep, or a mixture of local and non-local types. A small-scale genetic pilot study, presented in this paper, primarily aimed at testing the DNA preservation, and thus the genomic potential in Bronze Age sheep remains provides evidence of both mitochondrial haplogroups A and B among Bronze Age sheep in Hungary. This result could hint at sheep herds with mixed origin but further in-depth studies are necessary to address this. We aim to promote scholarly interest in the issue and propose new directions for research on this topic.

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Section: The Emergence Of Wool Production During the European Bronze Agementioning

confidence: 99%

“…One consistent problem may be linked to the fact, documented by ancient written sources from Mesopotamia, that before spinning the yarn, the fleeces were sorted, and likely mixed, to obtain the required wool quality (e.g. Andersson Strand and Cybulska 2013;Waetzoldt 1972).…”

Section: Textile Archaeology and Fibre Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

Sabatini

Bergerbrant

Brandt

et al. 2019

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…The production of fibres has a considerable cost, in terms of both dedicated workforce and landscape management (e.g. Andersson Strand and Cybulska 2012;Biga 2014;McCorriston 1997;Nosch 2014). Both animals and plants need a vast portion of the landscape to grow and develop, territories that have to be managed to leave space for agriculture for food production.…”

Section: Bronze Age Textile Productionmentioning

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The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe

2019

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In recent years, numerous books and articles have been written about Bronze Age textiles, woollen textile production in particular, from the Mediterranean and the Near East. This volume encompasses a wide range of studies aiming to broaden the horizon, and, in the light of recent scientific advances, to shift the focus to continental and northern Europe. Iconographical and archaeological evidence shows that Bronze Age Europe was not only a dressed world, but also one that was open to innovation as far as fibres and textile technology are concerned. Since technological innovations necessarily affected economic and social frameworks, this whole work maintains that the study of textile production holds great potential for enhancing our understanding of the Bronze Age world.

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“…u zapisima na klinastom pismu (Völling 2012), a u nekima se od njih čak opisuju tehnike korištene u proizvodnji tekstila (Waetzoldt 1972;Steinkeller 1980). O detaljima tekstilne proizvodnje, prvenstveno predenju, tkanju i bojenju, već je raspravljano u nekoliko studija koje se bave tekstovima s lokaliteta Ur III (Andersson Strand & Cybulska 2012;Firth & Nosch 2012;Firth 2013). Nažalost, takav pristup nije moguće primijeniti u kontekstu pretpovijesne Europe, gdje se studije tekstila oslanjaju na sporadične konkretne ostatke i analizu znatno brojnijih tekstilnih alatki.…”

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“…Specifically, wool production is mentioned already in the late 3 rd millennium BC cuneiform scripts (Völling 2012), some of which are even describing employed textile production techniques (Waetzoldt 1972;Steinkeller 1980). Specifics of textile production, in particular spinning, weaving and dyeing, are addressed in several studies based on Ur III texts (Andersson Strand & Cybulska 2012;Firth & Nosch 2012;Firth,2013). Unfortunately, this kind of approach is not possible in the context of prehistoric Europe, where textile studies rely on scarce actual remains and the analysis of more numerous textile tools.…”

Section: Ostaci Tekstilamentioning

confidence: 99%

Eneolithic textile production (Eneolitička proizvodnja tekstila)

Grabundžija¹

2018

Back to the Past: Copper Age in Northern Croatia (Povratak U Prošlost: Bakreno Doba U Sjevernoj Hrvatskoj)

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Visualising Ancient Textiles – how to make a Textile Visible on the Basis of an Interpretation of an Ur III Text

Cited by 8 publications

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Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe

Eneolithic textile production (Eneolitička proizvodnja tekstila)

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