Textile, Fashion, and Gender Semiotic Studies in the Ancient Near East (2/2)

Part 2: Socio-cultural aspects of textiles and women This is the second part of the blog entitled “Textile, Fashion, and Gender Semiotic Studies in the Ancient Near East” this part deals with the socio-cultural aspects of the textile functions by women the ancient societies. The main source of evidence for this part is iconography and imagery documents. Along with the reference to various types of textiles in written sources, iconography is the other source of evidence for textiles, al..