If there is one thing to be learnt from watching people work in old traditional crafts it is this:
The tools and the working procedures are never clumsy, never impractical (Hoffmann 1988) …

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory provides new approaches and integrates a broad
range of data to address a neglected topic, organic material in the prehistoric record …

In the recent past the study of textiles and dress has become almost a discipline in its own
right. 1 The universal character of textiles and clothing invites us to cross traditional …

Textile research has become an important field of archaeology. Although the established
analytical methods are often viewed as specialized, their integration with other …

Despite being one of the most successful branches of mainstream archaeology, wetland
archaeology, as an academic discipline, is still relatively unknown. We might have all heard …

Knowledge of textile history, including fibre, technology, tools etc, is essential and absolutely
necessary for our unde of the past. Textile research has become an important field of …

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 …

Terminology can be defined as (1) the vocabulary specifically linked to a field of expertise,
as (2) the academic discipline devoted to the study of this vocabulary, or as (3) the linguistic …

Marie-Louise Nosch industry, however, characterized by standardized production, targets,
rations, and textile workers of slave status. We tend to forget that the craft of weaving in most …

Textile production is one of the oldest crafts and has played a crucial role in societies. Yet,
very few archaeological textiles are preserved and we must therefore rely on the remains of …