- Women, history, to 500, Prehistoric Textile fabrics, Ancient Textile fabrics, Prehistoric Women
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Barber "weaves the strands of mythology and literature, archaeology, ethnology, and documented history into a rich tapestry" says John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review. Photos and drawings. Author lectures.
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- Author
- Elizabeth Wayland Barber
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton, Norton
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393313482
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“For millennia women have sat together spinning, weaving, and sewing.”
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