Prehistoric Textiles (1991)

E. J.W. Barber

Year:	1991
Authors:	E. J.W. Barber
Publishers:	Princeton University Press
Pages:	512
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

This monograph attempts to revise present ideas of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using linguistic techniques as well as methods from palaeobiology, it demonstrates that spinning and pattern-weaving existed far earlier than has been supposed.