Wool Economy During the European Bronze Age

• Authors: Sabatini, Serena

Abstracts

EN

A number of studies over the last decades have considerably increased our knowledge about production and trade of woollen textiles during the Bronze Age in the Near East, the Aegean, and continental Europe. In the wider Mediterranean area, thanks to the abundance of available evidence, it has been possible to use the concept of wool economy as a frame of reference to define the complex mechanisms behind production and trade of wool. The main aim of this paper is to reflect upon using the concept of wool economy to enhance our understanding of the relevant archaeological evidence from Bronze Age continental Europe.

Keywords

EN

textiles; sheep/goat herding; textile tools; wool production; wool trade; craft specialisation; gender

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Światowit
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 56(1)
• Pages: 43-55

Dates

published

2019-01-10

Contributors

author

Sabatini, Serena

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.8457