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"11 papers which focus on the process of textile manufacture, the weaving process itself, and the materiality of fabric. Contributions address the problematic issues of cognitive archaeology, consumer research, literary theory and themes addressing both philosophical history and the history of reception of ideas and practice. The contributions seek both to close the critical gaps with respect to weaving, a broad and complex field in the area of ancient cultural techniques, and to identify new themes. Accordingly, the submissions expand our focus into late antiquity, to integrate texts such as letters written on Papyrus detailing the everyday correspondence of an Egyptian family or to spotlight the meaning of textile terms and the history of misunderstandings associated therein. Frequently overused analogies between writing and weaving are also examined in terms of their legitimacy as well as their limits. The papers presented here result from an international and interdisciplinary conference under the same title held in Castelen, near Basel in 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Textile fabrics, Ancient --- Textile industry --- Weaving --- Manuscripts --- Writing --- Textiles et tissus antiques --- Textiles et tissus --- Tissage --- Manuscrits --- Ecriture --- Research --- History --- Social aspects --- Recherche --- Industrie et commerce --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- History.

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Textile production and the manufacture of clothing was one of the most essential daily activities in prehistory. Textiles were significan objects of practical use, and at the same time had cultural, social and symbolic meaning, crucial for displaying the identity, gender, social rank and status, or wealth of their users. Evidence of ancient clothing made of plant and animal fibres, fur, leather, or basketry and mats is scarce due to unfavourable preservation of organic materials. Only occasionally are prehistoric textiles, mats and wood implements preserved, mainly as a result of exceptional environmental conditions, such as waterlogged contexts like bogs, or in very dry or cold climates. In other cases textiles are sporadically mineralised, carbonised or preserved by metal corrosion. Textiles and leather can also be visible as imprints on clay. The beginning of textile manufacture is still vague, but can be traced back to the upper Palaeolithic. Important developments in textile technology, e.g. weaving, spinning with a spindle whorl and the introduction of wool, appeared in Europe and the Mediterranean throughout the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. This book, a result of two international conferences held in Istanbul (2014) and Copenhagen (2015) devoted to the early textile production in Europe and the Mediterranean, aims to collect and investigate the combined evidence of textile and leather remains, tools, workplaces and textile iconography. The chapters discuss the recent developments in the research of ancient textiles and textile production, textile techniques suche as spinning, fabric and skin manufacture, use of textile tools and experimental textile production, textile techniques suche as spinning, fabric and skin manufacture, use of textile tools and experimental textile archaeology. The volume explores important cultural and social aspects of textile production, and its development. It includes comprehensive discussions of textiles, wood and bone implements from wetland settlements ; skin cloths ; specific clay, stone and bone tools for yarn and fabric making ; experiments with reconstructions of textile tools ; domestication of flax ; the social and symbolic role of textiles in the prehistory, and finally the limitations of available evidence.

Textile fabrics, Ancient --- Textile fabrics, Ancient --- Textile fabrics, Prehistoric --- Textile fabrics, Prehistoric --- Textile industry --- Textile industry --- Textiles et tissus antiques. --- Textiles et tissus préhistoriques. --- Industries textiles. --- History. --- History. --- Histoire --- Europe. --- Méditerranée (région)

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Dress is at the core of dance. It adorns dancers, defines various roles and forms symbolic expressions that, for example, either bind people together or opposes them. It is a communicative tool that gives crucial information for understanding the dance as well as the culture and the sociological effects of a group of people. As such, dress transcends how it is seen visually to address what is being communicated. Nonetheless, studies in ancient dance have rarely taken clothing into consideration. This volume provides new perspectives and insights on ancient dances and their ancient textiles. Comprehension of ancient dance benefits from investigations undertaken through the lens of dress, and research on ancient dress is understood through its relation to body movement and performative rituals, thus reinforcing the progressive integration of an anthropological and sociological dimension into historical analysis of ancient textiles. For the first time, the two-way transfer of knowledge between dance studies and costume studies is connected via an innovative approach. Among the issues that are specifically addressed are the movement design of dress for dance, its sensory experience, gender and identity, re-enactment and reception. The chronological range of the book is focused on the ancient world (3rd-millennium BC to 5th-century AD), with a broad geographical definition in order to promote a comparative, interdisciplinary approach and cross-cultural dialogue.

Dance --- Textile fabrics, Ancient. --- Clothing and dress --- Dance --- Danse --- Textiles et tissus antiques. --- Danse --- Clothing and dress --- Dance --- Dance --- Textile fabrics, Ancient --- History. --- History --- Social aspects. --- Histoire. --- Aspect social. --- Social aspects --- To 500

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Dyes and dyeing --- Textile fibers --- History. --- -Dyeing --- Dyestuffs --- Tinctorial substances --- Color --- Pigments --- Bleaching --- Cleaning and dyeing industry --- Color in the textile industries --- Coloring matter --- -History --- -Textile fibers --- Dyeing --- Textile fibers&delete& --- History --- Textile fabrics --- Egypt --- Costume --- Dyes and dyeing - Textile fibers - Egypt - History. --- Teinture --- Textiles et tissus antiques --- Couleur dans les vêtements --- Fibres textiles --- Antiquité --- Égypte

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Im Ägypten des Alten Reiches (Mitte des 3. Jt. v. Chr.) gehörten zum Dekorationsprogramm der Privatgräber auch die sogenannten Stofflisten. Bei diesen handelt es sich um Aufzählungen von Stoffen verbunden mit Mengen- und Maßangaben. Eine umfassende Untersuchung der Stofflisten des Alten Reiches ist seit dem noch heute maßgeblichen Aufsatz von Smith aus dem Jahre 1935 ein Desiderat geblieben. Lediglich Edel (1975) widmete sich eingehender einzelnen Stoffbezeichnungen. Zudem stellte Posener-Kriéger (1976) in ihrer Bearbeitung der Abusir-Papyri die darin enthaltenen Gewebearten in kurzer Beschreibung zusammen und konnte durch ihre Beschäftigung sowohl mit jenen Papyri als auch mit den noch unpublizierten Gebelein-Papyri maßgeblich zur Entschlüsselung der altägyptischen Stoffmaße beitragen (1977).Das Werk von Katrin Scheele möchte nun als Aktualisierung, Komplettierung und Erweiterung früherer Beiträge verstanden werden, in dem alle bekannten Stofflisten sowie darüber hinausführend alle auch in anderem Kontext erscheinenden Stoffbezeichnungen des Alten Reiches gesammelt und in einer lexikographischen Untersuchung ausgewertet wurden, so dass es nunmehr als Nachschlagewerk zu gebrauchen ist, das zu jeder Stoffbezeichnung u.a. die verschiedenen Schreibungen, Belegzeiträume sowie einen ausführlichen Kommentar bietet. Angeschlossen ist ferner eine Entwicklungsgeschichte der Stofflisten von der Frühzeit bis zur 8. Dynastie. Unter dem Stichwort Gebrauch sind darüber hinaus sowohl Ergebnisse zum sozialen Status der Stofflisteninhaber als auch zur Herkunft der Stofflisten erfasst.

Egyptian language --- Textile fabrics, Ancient --- Tombs --- Terms and phrases. --- Terminology. --- Egyptien (Langues) --- Tombeaux --- Phrases et expressions --- Textiles et tissus antiques --- Mastabas --- Ancient textile fabrics --- Afroasiatic languages --- Terms and phrases --- Terminology --- Egyptian language - Terms and phrases --- Textile fabrics, Ancient - Egypt - Terminology --- Textile fabrics, Ancient - Egypt - Inventories --- Tombs - Egypt --- Égyptien ancien (langue) --- Tombes --- Égypte --- Vocabulaire --- 2778-2160 av. J.-C. (Ancien Empire)