Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 18 | Monograph | The Unwound Yarn
The Unwound Yarn
Birth and Development of Textile Tools Between Levant and Egypt
open access- Chiara Spinazzi-Lucchesi - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
Abstract
This book reviews certain of the most important archaeological finds of textile tools, in order to draw a picture of the spinning and weaving technologies adopted in the Levant and Egypt from the Neolithic to the Persian period. A brief description of the objects found at several sites is provided to highlight differences of materials and tool design in order to better understand developments in weaving technology across this region. Textile tools housed in the Museo Egizio di Torino are also examined here for the first time. These include spindles and spindle whorls, bone spatulae and needles, which for the most part originate from Schiaparelli’s excavations at the Workers’ village of Deir el-Medina. A general analysis is provided, which compares these objects to the tools known from other sites in Egypt, as well as a catalogue, which provides further description and exact measurements for each object of the collection.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-232-1 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-232-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-251-2 | Number of pages 202 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published July 4, 2018 | Language en
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