The Art of Prehistoric Textile Making

Download or read book The Art of Prehistoric Textile Making written by Karina Grömer and published by . This book was released on with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textiles, textile production and clothing were essentials of living in prehistory, locked into the system of society at every level "social, economic and even religious. Textile crafts not only produced essential goods for everyday use, most notably clothing, but also utilitarian objects as well as representative and luxury items. Prehistoric clothing and their role in identity creation for the individual and for the group are also addressed by means of archaeological finds from Stone the Iron Age in Central Europe.