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Textiles and Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory to AD 400, M. Gleba and U. Mannering (eds)

Textiles and Textile Production in Europe offers an introduction to the theme of textiles in archaeology, and an overview of current knowledge on textiles, textile tools, and other evidence of textile production in fifteen European countries. Twenty-eight specialists of archaeological textiles have been enlisted as authors; they include senior, well-established scholars as well as a healthy sprinkle of emerging young researchers. This ensures that the book presents an updated overview that includes recent results and discoveries. To scholars of textiles and clothing from more recent times, the volume offers tantalizing glimpses of ancient textile designs that reflect highly sophisticated tastes, techniques, and technology from the earliest history of Europe. The volume opens with an introduction to archaeological textiles, their research potential, challenges of preservation and analysis, new methods, and an overview of the raw materials, technology, and work processes relevant for the Prehistory and Early History of Europe. The text is enhanced by illustrations that also explain specialized terminology and ensure that the book is accessible to non-specialist readers. The bibliography lists the main overviews and other core studies on archaeological textiles in Europe and assists nonspecialists in where to look for further information. Chapters on individual countries are organized alphabetically, starting with Austria and ending with the UK and Ireland. For each country, the reader finds a chronological chart and maps showing locations of sites mentioned in the texts. All chapters are structured with an introduction, a section on chronological and cultural background, and research history. This greatly facilitates understanding the temporal and cultural settings, as the various parts of Europe did not evolve with the same speed. The Bronze Age of Greece, for example, began 2,000 years before that of Latvia; the Iron Age started 1100 BC in Spain and 500 BC in Norway; and the expansion of the Roman Empire caused chronological as well as