Textile Workers, Skills, Labour and Status of Textile Craftspeople
Between the Prehistoric Aegean and the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of the Workshop held at 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016
Résumé
L’histoire et l’archéologie des textiles anciens est un champ d’étude très dynamique actuellement.
Ce volume apporte sa propre contribution à ce domaine, en se concentrant sur les artisans du textile et sur leur travail. En passant en revue les différentes cultures du Proche-Orient ancien et du monde Égéen, les études rassemblées dans ce volume offrent une fenêtre sur les travailleurs du textile en action, de l’âge de pierre à l’Antiquité tardive.
En combinant différentes approches telles que l’archéologie, l’étude des textes et l’expérimentation, les auteurs interrogent le statut social, le sexe, l’âge et les conditions de travail des travailleurs du textile. Ils analysent également leurs capacités intellectuelles, à travers une étude de l’acquisition, de l’usage et de la transmission des savoir-faire. Cet ouvrage collectif vise à ouvrir une nouvelle perspective dans le domaine des études textiles, en particulier dans les sociétés anciennes.
In English
Studies on ancient textiles currently know a considerable growth.
This volume contributes to the field, focusing on craftmanship. By surveying various cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Aegean, the compiled articles offer an overview of textile workers in action from the Stone Age to Late Antiquity.
Combining various approaches such as archaeology, text studies, and experimentation, the contributions explore the social status, gender, age, and working conditions of the textile workers. Moreover, they investigate their intellectual capability, through a study of the acquisition, performance and transmission of skills. This collective work aims at opening a new perspective in the field of textile studies, in particular in the history of textile crafts in ancient societies.
Table of Contents
Textile Technologies: Knowledge, Skills and Production
- Kalliope Sarri « In the Minds of Early Weavers: Perceptions of Geometry, Metrology and Value in the Neolithic Aegean »
- Małgorzata Siennicka « Craftspeople, Craftsmanship and Textile Production in Early Bronze Age Greece »
- Luca Peyronel « Mediterranean Interconnections: Weaving Technologies during the Middle Bronze Age »
- Karina Grömer – Abolfazl Aali « How to Make a Sassanian Tunic: Understanding Handcraft Skills based on a Find from the Salt Mine in Chehrābād, Iran »
Working Conditions: Apprenticeship, Labour and Working Environment
- Christopher Britsch – Barbara Horejs « Agencies of Textile Production in Western Anatolian and Aegean Prehistory »
- Marie-Louise Nosch « How to Become a Textile Worker? Training and Apprenticeship of Child Labourers in the Bronze Age »
- Agata Ulanowska « Contemporary Actors and Bronze Age Textile Techniques from Greece: Experience Approach to Textile Work, its Specialisation and Apprenticeship »
The Social Status of Textile Workers: Economy, Family and Gender
- Cécile Michel « Textile Workers in the Royal Archives of Mari (Syria, 18th Century BC) »
- Aline Tenu « Textile Tools, Significant Markers of Gender? The Case of the Cremation Cemetery Tell Shiukh Fawqâni (Syria) »
- Louise Quillien « Insights into the Professional Life of a Dyer’s Family from Sippar across the 6th Century BC »
