Threads of Contact
Tracing the Relationship Between Egypt and the Southern Levant through Textile Tools
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2025
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
979-8-88857-147-7 (ISBN)
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
979-8-88857-147-7 (ISBN)
A detailed examination of spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant and Egypt from the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Persian period
Textile tools offer a fascinating and yet intimate approach to ancient people. Textile production has been one of the core activities for millennia, spanning from domestic production to royal needs. Textiles were light goods, easy to transport and often exchanged over long distances. Technology and know-how, however, might not have always travelled so easily. This work examines spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant (inland and coastal) and Egypt. The chronology of the study is broad, ranging from the Neolithic until the beginning of the Persian period (600 BC). The objects are investigated from both a diachronic and synchronic perspective to understand their evolution and continuity of use, as well as regional differences and textile production methods. The two areas present an only apparent discontinuity, as political boundaries gave way at various historical moments and the two areas had very close contacts, such as during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt or the Egyptian domination of the Late Bronze Age. This seems to be reflected in textile documentation, which shows the appearance of Egyptian tools in the Levant, such as spinning bowls, and Levantine tools in Egypt, such as loom weights. However, the result is not so predictable.
Textile tools offer a fascinating and yet intimate approach to ancient people. Textile production has been one of the core activities for millennia, spanning from domestic production to royal needs. Textiles were light goods, easy to transport and often exchanged over long distances. Technology and know-how, however, might not have always travelled so easily. This work examines spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant (inland and coastal) and Egypt. The chronology of the study is broad, ranging from the Neolithic until the beginning of the Persian period (600 BC). The objects are investigated from both a diachronic and synchronic perspective to understand their evolution and continuity of use, as well as regional differences and textile production methods. The two areas present an only apparent discontinuity, as political boundaries gave way at various historical moments and the two areas had very close contacts, such as during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt or the Egyptian domination of the Late Bronze Age. This seems to be reflected in textile documentation, which shows the appearance of Egyptian tools in the Levant, such as spinning bowls, and Levantine tools in Egypt, such as loom weights. However, the result is not so predictable.
Chiara SpinazziLucchesi is a researcher at the Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen. She completed her PhD at the University of Ca’ Foscari (Venice) in 2019. Her main research interests are textiles and textile tools in the Levant and Egypt.
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of figures
List of plates
1 Introduction
2 Tools for textile production
3 From Fibres to Textiles
4. Textile tools from Southern Levant
5 Textile tools from Egypt
6 Conclusions: Tools in contact
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 50 b/w drawings and photographs, 25 colour photographs, charts. maps |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 280 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-88857-147-7 / 9798888571477 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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