Description: Twenty chapters present the range of current research into the study of textiles and dress in classical antiquity, stressing the need for cross and inter-disciplinarity study in order to gain the fullest picture of surviving material.
Brief description: Mary Harlow is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
Review Quotes: "The book highlights the different approaches possible in the study of textiles, but does not constitute a manual on the subject. This is, as the title indicates, an anthology of studies, which makes it possible at the same time to form an idea of the current state of research in this field thanks to the bibliographies complementing each contribution, but also the potential it represents and future avenues to explore."--Patrizia Birchler Emery