Ariadne's Threads: The Construction and Significance of Clothes in the Aegean Bronze Age

by Br Jones and B.R. Jones

This book is the first to deal comprehensively with the construction, significance, and function of the full range of garments of Aegean women and related attire of men from the Neolithic to the end of the Bronze Age. As valuable as precious metals, a significant commodity of trade, luxurious in design and decoration, Minoan dress rivaled that of its Near Eastern and Egyptian neighbors. Yet, Aegean costumes and textiles have been among the least understood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042932775
• ISBN13: 9789042932777
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 11.8"