Flax fibres have been used by humans for approximately 10,000 years. With time, the
geographic area of production and cultivation has changed, as have the applications of flax …

Nanocellulose products derived from different forms of biomass have significant importance
in the modern era. This is due to its extraordinary physical characteristics, wide surface area …

Fermented and alcoholic beverages played a pivotal role in feastings and social events in
past agricultural and urban societies across the globe, but the origins of the sophisticated …

Recent analysis of the wool textiles from the famous Egtved oak coffin burial in Denmark
indicated that the wool had been obtained from beyond Denmark. Was this an isolated case …

Fiber technology (cordage and textile) has played a central role in all human societies for
thousands of years, and its production, application and exchange have deep roots in …

Textile production and the introduction of wool and woolen textiles represented a great
revolution in Bronze Age Europe at the dawn of the second millennium BC. The available …

This book brings together our present-day knowledge about textile terminology in the
Akkadian language of the first-millennium BC. In fact, the progress in the study of the …

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 …

1 In these two powerful sentences, the French academician Erik Orsenna encapsulates the
essence of our approach: studying the development of cotton production as a raw resource …

The archaeology of the ancient Near East is supposed to take into account the development
of the ancient civilizations settled in a huge territory: from Istanbul to Kabul, from West to …