EuroWeb Book Corner – Ancient Textile Production from an Interdiscplinary Perspective
In the sixth edition of the “EuroWeb Book Corner” we are pleased to welcome EuroWeb members Agata Ulanowska, Karina Grömer, Ina Vanden Berghe and Magdalena Öhrman who will be presenting their recent edited volume “Ancient Textile Production from an Interdiscplinary Perspective”, published by Springer (2022) as part of the “Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology” Series.
Synopsis by the authors:
«The diverse developments in textile research of the last decade, along with the increased recognition of the importance of textile studies in adjacent fields, now merit a dedicated, full-length publication entitled “Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles”. With this volume, the authors and the editors wish to illustrate to the current impact of textile archaeology on the scholarly perception of the past (not limited to archaeology alone). The volume presents new insights into the consumption, meaning, use and re-use of textiles and dyes, all of which are topics of growing importance in textile research. As indicated by the title, we demonstrate the continued importance of interdisciplinarity by showcasing several ‘interwoven’ approaches to environmental and archaeological remains, textual and iconographic sources, archaeological experiments and ethnographic data, from a large area covering Europe and the Mediterranean, Near East, Africa and Asia. The chronological span is deliberately wide, including materials dating from c. 6th millennium BCE to c. mid-14th century CE.»
(Springer Nature – https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92170-5)
Learn more about this major new reference volume which opens new avenues to the study of ancient textiles through interdisciplinary collaboration, and pose all your questions to our speakers in the final Q&A session of our “Book Corner” on the 7th of December 2022, at 17:00 (CET). Registration is available here.
In the sixth edition of the “EuroWeb Book Corner” we are pleased to welcome EuroWeb members Agata Ulanowska, Karina Grömer, Ina Vanden Berghe and Magdalena Öhrman who will be presenting their recent edited volume “Ancient Textile Production from an Interdiscplinary Perspective”, published by Springer (2022) as part of the “Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology” Series.
Synopsis by the authors:
«The diverse developments in textile research of the last decade, along with the increased recognition of the importance of textile studies in adjacent fields, now merit a dedicated, full-length publication entitled “Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles”. With this volume, the authors and the editors wish to illustrate to the current impact of textile archaeology on the scholarly perception of the past (not limited to archaeology alone). The volume presents new insights into the consumption, meaning, use and re-use of textiles and dyes, all of which are topics of growing importance in textile research. As indicated by the title, we demonstrate the continued importance of interdisciplinarity by showcasing several ‘interwoven’ approaches to environmental and archaeological remains, textual and iconographic sources, archaeological experiments and ethnographic data, from a large area covering Europe and the Mediterranean, Near East, Africa and Asia. The chronological span is deliberately wide, including materials dating from c. 6th millennium BCE to c. mid-14th century CE.»
(Springer Nature – https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92170-5)
Learn more about this major new reference volume which opens new avenues to the study of ancient textiles through interdisciplinary collaboration, and pose all your questions to our speakers in the final Q&A session of our “Book Corner” on the 7th of December 2022, at 17:00 (CET). Registration is available here.