Alatzomouri Pefka - A Middle Minoan IIB Workshop Making Organic Dyes

Summary

Excavation of an important site for the early history of dyeing in Minoan Crete revealed a Middle Bronze Age natural dye workshop with several basins carved into bedrock, pottery and stone vessels, stone tools, and animal and plant remains. The evidence contributes new information on the Minoan trade in textiles during the Old Palace period.

Product details

• Authors: Vili Apostolakou, Philip P. Betancourt, Thomas M. Brogan
• Assisted by: Vili Apostolakou (Editor), Philip P. Betancourt (Editor), Thomas M. Brogan (Editor)
• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781931534253
• ISBN: 978-1-931534-25-3
• No. of pages: 334
• Weight: 1450 g
• Series: Prehistory Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Antike, Griechenland, Europäische Geschichte, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Greece (see also Ancient / Greece)