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The archaeology of industrialisation and the textile industry : the example of Manchester and the south-western Pennine Uplands during the 18th century (part 2) [PDF]
Between the early 18th century and the mid-19th century the north-west of England was turned from a relatively impoverished backwater to one of the major industrialisation zones in the world. This is thus a key region for understanding the archaeology of
Nevell, MD
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This contribution discusses the evidence of textile impressions preserved on the undersides of clay sealings from Bronze Age Greece. A collection of modern casts taken from these sealings, stored in the Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel in ...
Agata Ulanowska
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L’acquisition des matières textiles d’origine végétale en préhistoire
Textile remains discovered in western Europe prehistoric sites testify to a perfect command of the acquisition and transformation process of the vegetal raw materials. The methods of extraction and treatment of the fibres are difficult to understand only
Fabienne Médard
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From value to desirability: the allure of worldly things [PDF]
In this paper, the author takes the approach that value is a judgment that people make about things based on desire, and the potential of the effects those things engender.
Harris, Susanna
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The subject of this article is the organisation of textile production in the settlement of the Lusatian Culture in the village of Ruda, Grudziądz Commune, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship. The discovery of 63 spindle whorls and their fragments, as well as
Magdalena Przymorska-Sztuczka
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Textile Work in Shared Domestic Spaces in the Roman House: The Evidence from Latin Poetry
This paper examines the engagement with the materiality of textiles and textile crafts in Roman poetry. Through close readings of Ausonius’ Epigrams and Silius Italicus’ epic on the Punic war, informed by archaeological evidence and reconstructions of ...
Magdalena Öhrman
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The article analyzes the issues of interrelations between the supplementary scientific branch bibliography with archaeology and history of the costume, as well as the dependence of the bibliographic support of the Archaeological Costume and Textiles ...
Zhabreva Anna E.
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Living in the industrial city: Housing quality, land ownership and the archaeological evidence from industrial Manchester, 1740-1850 [PDF]
This paper looks at the recent archaeological evidence for industrial housing in Manchester, United Kingdom. The paper argues that a fragmented land-holding pattern developed in a number of city-centre areas during the second half of the eighteenth ...
Nevell, MD
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Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Étudier les motifs vestimentaires en Grèce Ancienne. Méthodologie et enjeux
Because of the Greek climate, few textile fibres of animal or vegetable origin have survived. The absence of significant archaeological evidence makes it difficult to study the appearance of ancient clothing.
Quentin Richard
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