Book contents
- The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe
- The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- One Textile Production and Specialisation in Bronze Age Europe
- Two The Wool Zone in Prehistory and Protohistory
- Three Weaving in Bronze Age Italy: the Case of the Terramare settlement at Montale
- Four Loom Weights in Bronze Age Central Europe
- Five Textiles Remains in Polish Iron Age BI-RITUAL Cemeteries
- Six To Let Textiles Talk: Fibre Identification and Technological Analyses of Prehistoric Textiles from Denmark
- Seven The Challenge of Textiles in Early Bronze Age Burials: Fragments of Magnificence
- Eight Textile Ceramics as a Complement to Textile Research
- Nine Prehistoric Transhumance in the Northern Mediterranean
- Ten Wool Production and the Evidence of Strontium Isotope Analyses
- Eleven Wool Textiles in the Early Nordic Bronze Age: Local or Traded?
- Twelve Archaeological Wool Textiles: A Window into Ancient Sheep Genetics?
- Thirteen Skin, Furs, and Textiles: Mass Spectrometry-based Analysis of Ancient Protein Residues
- Fourteen Wool in the Bronze Age: Concluding Reflections
- Index
- References
Ten - Wool Production and the Evidence of Strontium Isotope Analyses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2019
Book contents
- The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe
- The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- One Textile Production and Specialisation in Bronze Age Europe
- Two The Wool Zone in Prehistory and Protohistory
- Three Weaving in Bronze Age Italy: the Case of the Terramare settlement at Montale
- Four Loom Weights in Bronze Age Central Europe
- Five Textiles Remains in Polish Iron Age BI-RITUAL Cemeteries
- Six To Let Textiles Talk: Fibre Identification and Technological Analyses of Prehistoric Textiles from Denmark
- Seven The Challenge of Textiles in Early Bronze Age Burials: Fragments of Magnificence
- Eight Textile Ceramics as a Complement to Textile Research
- Nine Prehistoric Transhumance in the Northern Mediterranean
- Ten Wool Production and the Evidence of Strontium Isotope Analyses
- Eleven Wool Textiles in the Early Nordic Bronze Age: Local or Traded?
- Twelve Archaeological Wool Textiles: A Window into Ancient Sheep Genetics?
- Thirteen Skin, Furs, and Textiles: Mass Spectrometry-based Analysis of Ancient Protein Residues
- Fourteen Wool in the Bronze Age: Concluding Reflections
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses the strontium isotopic tracing system and its potential application for achieving a better understanding of ancient textile production.
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- The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age EuropeProduction, Specialisation, Consumption, pp. 239 - 254Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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