From Minos to Midas [[electronic resource] ] : ancient cloth production in the Aegean and in Anatolia / / Brendan Burke

• Autore: Burke B (Brendan)
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Oakville, : Oxbow Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/76770093809013
• Soggetto topico: Textile industry - Aegean Sea Region - History - To 1500; Textile industry - Turkey - History - To 1500; Textile fabrics, Ancient - Aegean Sea Region - History - To 1500; Textile fabrics, Ancient - Turkey - History - To 1500
• Soggetto geografico: Aegean Sea Region Antiquities; Turkey Antiquities; Aegean Sea Region Economic conditions; Turkey Economic conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Framing the discussion -- Prehistoric textile production on Crete -- Cloth production in the Mycenaean world -- Gordion and Phrygian cloth production -- Comparative textile production and conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Textile production was of greater value and importance to people in the past than any other social craft activity: everyone depended on cloth. As with other craft goods, such as pottery, metal objects, or ivory carving, the large-scale production and exchange of textiles required specialization and some degree of centralization. This book takes an explicitly economic approach to textile production, focusing on regional centers, most often referred to as palaces, to understand the means by which states in the Aegean and Anatolia financed themselves through cloth industries. From this we can loo
• Titolo autorizzato: From Minos to Midas
• ISBN: 1-84217-771-0; 1-84217-773-7; 1-299-48510-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786220403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ancient textiles series ; ; v. 7.