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Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,019
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Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces (Paperback): J. P. Wild

Textile Manufacture in the Northern Roman Provinces (Paperback)

J. P. Wild

Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

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Dr Wild has written an account of textile manufacture in the northern and western Roman provinces. He begins with a chapter on ancient textile fibres and their sources including an account of Roman production of wool, silk imports, flax and hemp and experimental fibres such as asbestos. Then he studies methods of fibre preparation and spinning and the tools used by the ancient craftsmen. The main body of Dr Wild's survey is a detailed account of the evidence, archaeological and literary, for Roman looms, and an examination of surviving textiles. The final section considers the problems of Roman industrial cloth-finishing and dyeing. The text is supported by tables of implements, two catalogues of textiles and over 100 illustrations. This is an important work of reference on a major, but neglected, aspect of Roman technology and economics.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
Release date: 2009
First published: 2009
Authors: J. P. Wild
Dimensions: 244 x 170 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-10051-9
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Textile & fibre technology
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 0-521-10051-8
Barcode: 9780521100519

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