
North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles X
$146.30
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2015
Summary
The NESAT symposium has grown from the first meeting in 1981 which was attended by 23 scholars, to over 100 at the tenth meeting that took place in Copenhagen in 2008, with virtually all areas of Europe represented. The 50 papers from the conference presented here show the vibrance of the study of archaeological textiles today. Examples studied come from the Bronze Age, Neolithic, the Iron Age, Roman, Viking, the Middle Ages and post-Medieval, and from a wide range of countries includin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785701566 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785701568 |
| Author: | Margarita Gleba, Ulla Mannering, Cherine Munkholt, Eva B. Andersson Strand, Maj Ringgard |
| Publisher: | Oxbow Books |
| Imprint: | Oxbow Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 1.22kg |
| Dimensions: | 297mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Ancient Textiles Series |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The NESAT volumes continue to be an essential resource showcasing advances in the field, from finds to analysis to reconstruction.’
The NESAT volumes continue to be an essential resource showcasing advances in the field, from finds to analysis to reconstruction.’ – Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 6 Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 6 …[a] handsome, well-edited, and amply illustrated volume…Its editors have assembled an eloquent testimony to the health and vibrancy of European textile studies and thereby created a model which New World scholars could profitably emulate.’ – Journal of Anthropological Research Journal of Anthropological Research
About The Author
Margarita Gleba
Margarita Gleba is Assistant Professor at Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, and an Affiliated Researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. She has previously held research and teaching positions at University College London, University of Cambridge, the University of Copenhagen and Rutgers University. The author or editor of a number of books, she is also a former Editor of Archaeological Textiles Review. Ulla Mannering is a widely published author with a PhD in prehistoric archaeology from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. She is one of the initiators of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research in Copenhagen and Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark. She is specialized in prehistoric skin and textile production and clothing design in Northern Europe. She has also worked with Roman textiles and clothing. Her current research focuses on resource exploitation and design in Scandinavian Bronze and Early Iron Age societies.
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