The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy)
The Aeolian ceramic textile tools dated to the advanced Early and Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600-1250 BC) comprise the only evidence for textile manufacture and are a unique source of information about the technology of textile production used in the Early-Middle Bronze Age (EBA-MBA) in the Aeolian Arc...
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Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
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The Aeolian ceramic textile tools dated to the advanced Early and Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600-1250 BC) comprise the only evidence for textile manufacture and are a unique source of information about the technology of textile production used in the Early-Middle Bronze Age (EBA-MBA) in the Aeolian Archipelago (province of Messina, Italy). A recent re-examination of 76 out of over 140 of these tools has shown that heavier spindle whorls (71-153 g) dominate in the more numerous MBA material. The high weight values of the Aeolian spindle whorls, uncommon in the area and epoch, could point to the prevalent use of long staple animal fibres, e.g. wool, which requires heavier implements in order to be spun, in yarn manufacture in the archipelago. A group of very heavy tools (165-199/222 g), difficult to classify, has been identified in the MBA material as well. It is suggested that these particular implements were potential heavy spindle whorls used primarily for spinning long hard plant fibres, such as flax, and plying yarns or producing twines.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d2bdb6a9ee2b439c8090f1fadaa841c12025-08-20T03:28:29ZdeuInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesFasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae0860-00072719-70692018-12-013110.23858/FAH31.2018.001The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy)Katarzyna Żebrowska0Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw The Aeolian ceramic textile tools dated to the advanced Early and Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600-1250 BC) comprise the only evidence for textile manufacture and are a unique source of information about the technology of textile production used in the Early-Middle Bronze Age (EBA-MBA) in the Aeolian Archipelago (province of Messina, Italy). A recent re-examination of 76 out of over 140 of these tools has shown that heavier spindle whorls (71-153 g) dominate in the more numerous MBA material. The high weight values of the Aeolian spindle whorls, uncommon in the area and epoch, could point to the prevalent use of long staple animal fibres, e.g. wool, which requires heavier implements in order to be spun, in yarn manufacture in the archipelago. A group of very heavy tools (165-199/222 g), difficult to classify, has been identified in the MBA material as well. It is suggested that these particular implements were potential heavy spindle whorls used primarily for spinning long hard plant fibres, such as flax, and plying yarns or producing twines. https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2140textile toolstypologyspinningAeolian ArchipelagoBronze Age |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Żebrowska The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy) Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae textile tools typology spinning Aeolian Archipelago Bronze Age |
| title | The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy) |
| title_full | The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy) |
| title_fullStr | The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy) |
| title_short | The Early and Middle Bronze Age Textile Tools from the Aeolian Islands (Italy) |
| title_sort | early and middle bronze age textile tools from the aeolian islands italy |
| topic | textile tools typology spinning Aeolian Archipelago Bronze Age |
| url | https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2140 |
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