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Group discussion
Discussion chaired by Lindsey Fine and Margarita Gleba.
There is no requirement to read all or any of the papers in order to participate in the discussion; just turn up and we shall see where the conversation leads.
Suggested readings:
ANDERSSON STRAND, E., FREI, K. M., GLEBA, M., MANNERING, U., NOSCH, M. -L. and SKALS, I. 2010 'Old textiles - new possibilities', European Journal of Archaeology 13, 149-178
BARBER, E. J. W. 2007 'Weaving the social fabric' in C. Gillis and M. -L. B. Nosch (eds) Ancient Textiles: Production, Craft and Society, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Ancient Textiles, Held at Lund, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 19-23, 2003. Oxford: Oxbow, 173–178
HALAND, E. J. 2004 'Athena's peplos: weaving as a core female activity in ancient and modern Greece', Cosmos 20, 155–182
NOSCH, M. -L. 2012 'From texts to textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age' in M. -L. Nosch and R. Laffineur (eds) Kosmos: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age, Proceedings of the 13th International Aegean Conference, University of Copenhagen, Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, 21-26 April 2010, Aegaeum 33. Peeters, Leuven-Liege, 43–53
Selected excerpts from Herodotus' Histories.
Event location
McDonald Institute Seminar Room
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