Bibliograph

Women's work, the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times, Elizabeth Wayland Barber

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Women's work, the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times, Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-322) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1360L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women's work

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

29595722

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Sub title

the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times

Summary

The author presents the previously untold human side of the story of prehistoric textiles, the relations of women and their textile work to society and economics over the huge span of prehistoric and early historic times

Table Of Contents

A tradition with a reason: why textiles were traditionally women's work -- The string revolution: life in the Palaeolithic -- Courtyard sisterhood: horticultural society in the Neolithic -- Island fever: Bronze Age horticultural survivals: Minoans and others -- More than hearts on our sleeves: the functions of cloth and clothing in society -- Elements of the code: symbolism in cloth and clothing -- Cloth for the caravans: early urban manufacture in the Bronze Age Near East -- Land of linen: Middle Kingdom Egypt -- The golden spindle: outworker industries for the elite: the Mycenaeans -- Behind the myths: women's work as reflected in textile myths -- Plain or fancy, new or tried and true: Late Bronze and Iron Age urban industries -- Postscript: Finding the invisible: methods of research

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