Add to ORKG‘Studies of materiality cannot simply focus upon the characteristics of objects but must engage in the dialectic of people and things’ (Meskell 2005,4). A number of researchers have looked at the significance of the properties of cloth to understand their suitability to environment and function. This research is a good basis and has potential to be developed further. In this paper I investigate the physical, chemical and aesthetic properties of linen, wool and lime bast fibres and knotless netting, woven textiles and twining as fibres and cloth structures that were used to make cloth from the Neolithic to Bronze Age in the Alpine region of Europe. Through these results I look at examples of how these cloth types may have been used an...
The question of what people in bygone times wore and the way in which textiles were manufactured has...
Flax (Linum sp.) was one of the first domestic plants in Neolithic Europe, providing a potential cul...
Ancient literary sources indicate that, by the beginning of the Common Era, different textile types ...
When we encounter cloth-type materials, whether textiles, twined cloth or animal skins from the Neol...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the sight, sound, smell and touch of different cloth-types i...
For over a millennium, the site of Hallstatt, located in the Austrian Alps, was a meeting point betw...
Plants were an important source of raw materials for many types of cloth in Europe during the Neolit...
There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a util...
Textiles, cordage, matting and basketry are all made of organic materials that are easily perishable...
Textile impressions on pottery provide evidence for fabrics and weaves in areas where the fabrics th...
The aim of this thesis is to explore the social context of cloth from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (C...
The prehistory of the Neolithic and Copper Age of northern Italy is mainly told through the testimon...
The aim of this research is to compare the cloth cultures of Europe and Egypt in the Bronze Age and ...
Textiles are among the commonest objects of material culture used throughout the human past, althoug...
Cloth culture provides the framework to recognise the cultural significance of an assemblage of text...
The question of what people in bygone times wore and the way in which textiles were manufactured has...
Flax (Linum sp.) was one of the first domestic plants in Neolithic Europe, providing a potential cul...
Ancient literary sources indicate that, by the beginning of the Common Era, different textile types ...
When we encounter cloth-type materials, whether textiles, twined cloth or animal skins from the Neol...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the sight, sound, smell and touch of different cloth-types i...
For over a millennium, the site of Hallstatt, located in the Austrian Alps, was a meeting point betw...
Plants were an important source of raw materials for many types of cloth in Europe during the Neolit...
There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a util...
Textiles, cordage, matting and basketry are all made of organic materials that are easily perishable...
Textile impressions on pottery provide evidence for fabrics and weaves in areas where the fabrics th...
The aim of this thesis is to explore the social context of cloth from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (C...
The prehistory of the Neolithic and Copper Age of northern Italy is mainly told through the testimon...
The aim of this research is to compare the cloth cultures of Europe and Egypt in the Bronze Age and ...
Textiles are among the commonest objects of material culture used throughout the human past, althoug...
Cloth culture provides the framework to recognise the cultural significance of an assemblage of text...
The question of what people in bygone times wore and the way in which textiles were manufactured has...
Flax (Linum sp.) was one of the first domestic plants in Neolithic Europe, providing a potential cul...
Ancient literary sources indicate that, by the beginning of the Common Era, different textile types ...