From Minos to Midas :: ancient cloth production in the Aegean and in Anatolia /

Textile production was of greater value and importance to people in the past than any other social craft activity: everyone depended on cloth. As with other craft goods, such as pottery, metal objects, or ivory carving, the large-scale production and exchange of textiles required specialization and...

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1. Verfasser: Burke, B. (Brendan)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; Oakville : Oxbow Books, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Ancient textiles series ; 7.
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Zusammenfassung:Textile production was of greater value and importance to people in the past than any other social craft activity: everyone depended on cloth. As with other craft goods, such as pottery, metal objects, or ivory carving, the large-scale production and exchange of textiles required specialization and some degree of centralization. This book takes an explicitly economic approach to textile production, focusing on regional centers, most often referred to as palaces, to understand the means by which states in the Aegean and Anatolia financed themselves through cloth industries. From this we can loo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1842177737
9781842177730
1842177710
9781842177716
1299485103
9781299485105

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