Essays about: "textile ethnographia"

Found 1 essay containing the words textile ethnographia.

  1. 1. Evidence for a Stone Age fibre technology – a closer look at the prehistoric String Theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Eva Christina Wigforss; [2014]
    Keywords : Grounded Theory; prehistoric fiber string theory; materiality; knotting; perforated beads; textile impression in clay; cordage; fishing and hunting gear; Upper Palaeolithic; Mesolithic; textile ethnographia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study was to take a closer look into the evidence for a theory of prehistoric string manufacture, formulated by the British archaeologist Karen Hardy in the article Prehistoric string theory. How twisted fibers helped to shape the world (Hardy, 2008). READ MORE