Textiles and the medieval economy : production, trade and consumption of textiles, 8th-16th centuries /
Archaeologists and textile historians bring together sixteen papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. Archaeological evidence is used to demonstrate the existence or ot...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; Philadelphia :
Oxbow Books,
2015.
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| Series: | Ancient textiles series ;
16. |
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| Summary: | Archaeologists and textile historians bring together sixteen papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. Archaeological evidence is used to demonstrate the existence or otherwise of international trade and to examine the physical characteristics of textiles and their distribution in order to understand who was producing, using and trading them and what they were being used for. |
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| Item Description: | "In memoriam John Munro (1938-2013)." |
| Physical Description: | iv, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781782976479 (hardback : alkaline paper) 1782976477 (hardback : alkaline paper) |