Description: Written sources from the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean, from the third to the first millennia BC, provide a wealth of terms for textiles.
Brief description: Marie-Louise Nosch is Director of the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen and Research Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen. She is the editor of many titles in the Ancient Textiles series.
Review Quotes: This volume will be a valuable resource for specialists working in the field, and will also be useful for non-specialist readers with an interest in textile studies or in ancient eastern Mediterranean and Near Eastern economy and society.--Joanne Cutler "Ancient West & East, Volume 13 (2014)"