Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
During excavations at a 13th-century weaving mill in Tønsberg, a town in Vestfold County, Norway, archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) uncovered a spinning whorl—an essential tool in the textile production process—carved with swastika symbols. The…
Recent archaeological research has unveiled groundbreaking evidence of silk use in sacrificial rituals by the Bronze Age civilization in China’s Yangtze River Basin. The discovery, led by the China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics…
Archaeologists have unearthed what may be some of the earliest evidence of wheel-like technology in human history at the Nahal-Ein Gev II site in northern Israel. A recent study published on November 13, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE…
Archaeologists have unearthed six ancient stone artifacts near the shore of Lake Xiada Co in western Tibet. These artifacts, believed to be stone sewing needles, date back as far as 9000 years, making them potentially the oldest stone needles ever…
Archaeologists conducting excavations in Toruń, Poland, have uncovered artifacts dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. The discovery, unearthed during preparations for a new film studio, has revealed a remarkable collection of fabrics and footwear. The site, situated in…
Inhabitants of Old Dongola, the capital of the Kingdom of Makuria in present-day Sudan, were adept at recycling clothing due to the exorbitant cost and time-intensive nature of fabric production, as revealed by a recent study conducted by archaeologists from…
In the depths of the Georgenberg Mine in Dürrnberg, Austria, archaeologists have discovered a perfectly preserved child’s leather shoe dating back over 2,000 years to the Iron Age. This remarkable find, roughly equivalent to a European size 30 or US…
Montale, located in northern Italy, is believed to have been a pioneering center for wool production during the Bronze Age, possibly on an industrial scale. Serena Sabatini, an archaeologist, reached this conclusion by examining archaeological discoveries, including textile tools and…
by Virginia Postrel Publisher: Basic Books Publication date: November 10, 2020 Language: English Hardcover: 320 pages ISBN-10: 1541617606 ISBN-13: 978-1541617605 Embark on a captivating and enlightening journey through the global history of textiles, a profound force that has woven the…
