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Textiles and war in Europe and the Mediterranean from prehistory to late antiquity
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- Book Synopsis
- This volume primarily consists of a collection of papers presented at the conference 'Textiles and War in Europe and the Mediterranean from Prehistory to Late Antiquity', held in Bucharest in May 2023. Its main goal is to explore the opportunity to establish a new and well-defined direction of academic investigation: the autonomously conceived research of the textile items used or manipulated by prehistoric and ancient armed groups. The book revolves around two central issues. The first is outlining the main sources and methodologies with the potential to provide noteworthy results, starting by sketching a map of the current state of the research in the field. The second is topical and deals with highlighting a few relevant themes that could be tackled, such as particular studies on specific textile items used in the military field, the systems of production and acquisition of garments and other textile materials for the armies, the expression of military rank and status through textile items, the economic and cultural effects of military campaigns in the field of textiles acquisition and consumption. The 13 papers operate with a wide array of archaeological, iconographic and written sources to examine various aspects of the use of textiles and leather by armed individuals and armies in diverse regions of the prehistoric and ancient world, from western Iberia to northern Mesopotamia and from the bogs of northwestern Europe and the rugged mountains of the Balkan peninsula to the Arabian desert, preserving however as focal points Greece, Rome and the Italian peninsula.
- About The Author
- Liviu Mihail Iancu is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Cultural and Civilisation in Bucharest, holding a PhD from the University of Bucharest on archaic Greek mercenaries. His studies focus on ancient Mediterranean warfare and the Greek colonisation in the Pontic region. His work on ancient textiles deals with the specialised economic systems for clothing the troops and the items captured as booty or received as tribute. Francesco Meo is Assistant Professor of Italic Archaeology at the University of Salento, teaching Greek and Italic archaeology and art history since 2015. His research explores production activities in southern Italy during the first millennium BC and the influence of the Greeks of Magna Graecia over the neighbouring Italic tribes. His work on ancient textiles in southern Italy focuses on the reconstruction of the production system, including gender aspects, and the analysis of fabrics.
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- ISBN
- 9781805830801
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Archaeopress Archaeology, (21 August 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 290 x 205 mm
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