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Research paper thumbnail of The Textile Revolution. Research into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central Europe

eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, 2016

The objective of the research group Textile Revolution is to contribute to research on the still ... more The objective of the research group Textile Revolution is to contribute to research on the still largely unclear introduction of wool production in later Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies from Western Asia to Central Europe. Since direct evidence of wool depends on rare conditions of preservation, a multi-proxy approach based on different kinds of indirect evidence was chosen. The previous history of research on early wool production as well as the domestication history of sheep are reviewed briefly. Anthropogenic impacts on the landscape, possibly related to intensified grazing, are one kind of indirect evidence that we take into account. For the later part of the presumably long-lasting development of wool production, written sources are available, the earliest of which date to the Late Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods (end of the 4th to beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE) in Mesopotamia. Indirect archaeological evidence consists of the tools used in textile production, among whic...

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological Evidence for Early Wool Exploitation in South East and Central Europe

Research paper thumbnail of The interaction of distant technologies: Bridging Central Europe using a techno-typological comparison of spindle whorls

Antiquity, 2021

ancient technology, innovation spread, diachronic approach

Research paper thumbnail of Fibres to fibres, thread to thread. Comparing diachronic changes in large spindle whorl samples

W. Schier & S. Pollock (eds), The Competition of Fibres: Early Textile Production in Western Asia, South-East and Central Europe (10,000–500 BC), ATS 36, 2020

ancient technology, innovation spread, diachronic approach

Research paper thumbnail of Two sides of a whorl. Unspinning the meanings and functionality of Eneolithic textile tools

M. Siennicka, L. Rahmstorf & A. Ulanowska (eds), First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean, ATS 32, 2018

ancient technology, innovation spread, diachronic approach

Research paper thumbnail of Mathematical Modeling of the Spreading of Innovations in the Ancient World

In this article, we develop a mathematical model for the spreading of the wool-bearing sheep in a... more In this article, we develop a mathematical model for the spreading of the wool-bearing sheep in a population of herders in the Near East and Southeast Europe between 6200 and 4200 BC. Herders are considered as agents moving diffusively in a suitability landscape, such that motion into regions attractive for sheep herding are more probable than to unattractive regions. Simultaneously agents interact socially with another and pass on the innovation with some probability. The parameters of the agent-based model are fitted to available archaeological information. A simulation tool is proposed for computing the evolution of the spreading process in time and space, offering a way to study qualitative effects of different aspects affecting speed and spatial evolution of the spreading process. Agent-based model; mathematical modeling; simulation; innovation spreading; wool-bearing sheep; human mobility In diesem Artikel wird ein mathematisches Modell entwickelt für die Ausbreitung des Wollschafs unter Hirten im Nahen Osten und in Südosteuropa zwischen 6200 und 4200 v. Chr. In unserem Modell werden Hirten als Agenten betrachtet, deren Bewegungen durch Zufallsprozesse gesteuert werden, sodass sich die Agenten mit größerer Wahrscheinlichkeit in Regionen aufhalten, die attraktiv für die Schafhaltung sind. Das Modell berücksichtigt außerdem soziale Interaktionen zwischen Agenten und erlaubt die Weitergabe der Innovation zwischen Agenten mit einer bestimmten Wahrscheinlichkeit. Die Parameter des agentenbasierten Modells werden an die verfügbaren archäologischen Daten angepasst. Ein Simulationsverfahren für die räumliche und zeitliche Entwicklung des Ausbreitungsprozesses soll es ermöglichen, qualitative Effekte von verschiedenen Aspekten zu studieren, die den Ausbreitungsprozess beeinflussen. Agentenbasiertes Modell; Mathematische Modellierung; Simulation; Innovationsausbreitung; Wollschaf; menschliche Mobilität 2

Research paper thumbnail of Tools tell tales – climate trends changing threads in the prehistoric Pannonian Plain

This study of prehistoric textile production on the Pannonian Plain is based on indirect evidence... more This study of prehistoric textile production on the Pannonian Plain is based on indirect evidence dated to the period between the 5 th and 2 nd millennium BC; the study of technological trends and changes that occurred in manufacturing traditions concentrates on fibre processing and production. The functionality analysis of spindle-whorls served as a basis for comparing textile production trends with the results of the climate change model. Climatic changes in the area were simulated by means of a moderate-resolution Global Circulation Model (GCM). The simulation covered the mid-to-late Holocene, from 7000 years BP to the pre-industrial period.

Research paper thumbnail of Bones for the Loom. Weaving Experiment with Astragali Weights

Research paper thumbnail of The Textile Revolution. Research into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central Europe

eTopoi Journal for Ancient Studies, 2016

Becker, Cornelia / Benecke, Norbert / Grabundzija, Ana / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Pollock, Su... more Becker, Cornelia / Benecke, Norbert / Grabundzija, Ana / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Pollock, Susan / Schier, Wolfram / Schoch, Chiara / Schrakamp, Ingo / Schütt, Brigitta / Schumacher, Martin (2016): The Textile Revolution. Research into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central Europe. – eTopoi Journal for Ancient Studies Special Volume 6, 102-145

Abstract
The objective of the research group Textile Revolution is to contribute to research on the still largely unclear introduction of wool production in later Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies from Western Asia to Central Europe. Since direct evidence of wool depends on rare conditions of preservation,a multi-proxy approach based on different kinds of indirect evidence was chosen. The previous history of research on early wool production as well as the domestication history of sheep are reviewed briefly. Anthropogenic impacts on the landscape, possibly related to intensified grazing, are one kind of indirect evidence that we take into account. For the later part of the presumably long-lasting development of wool production, written sources are available, the earliest of which date to the Late Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods (end of the 4th to beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE) in Mesopotamia. Indirect archaeological evidence consists of the tools used in textile production, among which spindle whorls and loom weights occur most frequently. Since they are not a priori specific to the type of fibre, be it linen or wool, statistical evaluations of metric data are necessary. Zooarchaeological analysis of large samples of animal bones from a wide spectrum of sites and time slices is a further crucial element of our multiproxy approach. Both the demographic composition of herds and metric data indicating changes in animal size can yield indirect evidence for incipient or increasing importance of wool production. This article offers an overview of these different sources and methods, specific to the disciplines involved, and presents some preliminary results.

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Research paper thumbnail of Tomašanci-Palača - naselja iz kamenog, bakrenog i brončanog doba/Tomašanci-Palača - settlements of the Late Stone, Copper and Bronze Age, J. Balen (ed.), Katalozi i monografije Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, sv. XVII/Catalogues and Monographs of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, vol. XVII, 2020.

Tomašanci-Palača - naselja iz kamenog, bakrenog i brončanog doba/Tomašanci-Palača - settlements of the Late Stone, Copper and Bronze Age, 2020

For details, see the 2016 exhibition Baština Baranje u Arheološkom muzeju u Zagrebu (The Heritage... more For details, see the 2016 exhibition Baština Baranje u Arheološkom muzeju u Zagrebu (The Heritage of Baranja at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb) and the exhibition Tekuća arheološka istraživanja (Current Archaeological Excavations), the section dedicated to the excavations in Baranja.

Research paper thumbnail of The Textile Revolution. Research into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central Europe

eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, 2016

The objective of the research group Textile Revolution is to contribute to research on the still ... more The objective of the research group Textile Revolution is to contribute to research on the still largely unclear introduction of wool production in later Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies from Western Asia to Central Europe. Since direct evidence of wool depends on rare conditions of preservation, a multi-proxy approach based on different kinds of indirect evidence was chosen. The previous history of research on early wool production as well as the domestication history of sheep are reviewed briefly. Anthropogenic impacts on the landscape, possibly related to intensified grazing, are one kind of indirect evidence that we take into account. For the later part of the presumably long-lasting development of wool production, written sources are available, the earliest of which date to the Late Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods (end of the 4th to beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE) in Mesopotamia. Indirect archaeological evidence consists of the tools used in textile production, among whic...

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological Evidence for Early Wool Exploitation in South East and Central Europe

Research paper thumbnail of The interaction of distant technologies: Bridging Central Europe using a techno-typological comparison of spindle whorls

Antiquity, 2021

ancient technology, innovation spread, diachronic approach

Research paper thumbnail of Fibres to fibres, thread to thread. Comparing diachronic changes in large spindle whorl samples

W. Schier & S. Pollock (eds), The Competition of Fibres: Early Textile Production in Western Asia, South-East and Central Europe (10,000–500 BC), ATS 36, 2020

ancient technology, innovation spread, diachronic approach

Research paper thumbnail of Two sides of a whorl. Unspinning the meanings and functionality of Eneolithic textile tools

M. Siennicka, L. Rahmstorf & A. Ulanowska (eds), First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean, ATS 32, 2018

ancient technology, innovation spread, diachronic approach

Research paper thumbnail of Mathematical Modeling of the Spreading of Innovations in the Ancient World

In this article, we develop a mathematical model for the spreading of the wool-bearing sheep in a... more In this article, we develop a mathematical model for the spreading of the wool-bearing sheep in a population of herders in the Near East and Southeast Europe between 6200 and 4200 BC. Herders are considered as agents moving diffusively in a suitability landscape, such that motion into regions attractive for sheep herding are more probable than to unattractive regions. Simultaneously agents interact socially with another and pass on the innovation with some probability. The parameters of the agent-based model are fitted to available archaeological information. A simulation tool is proposed for computing the evolution of the spreading process in time and space, offering a way to study qualitative effects of different aspects affecting speed and spatial evolution of the spreading process. Agent-based model; mathematical modeling; simulation; innovation spreading; wool-bearing sheep; human mobility In diesem Artikel wird ein mathematisches Modell entwickelt für die Ausbreitung des Wollschafs unter Hirten im Nahen Osten und in Südosteuropa zwischen 6200 und 4200 v. Chr. In unserem Modell werden Hirten als Agenten betrachtet, deren Bewegungen durch Zufallsprozesse gesteuert werden, sodass sich die Agenten mit größerer Wahrscheinlichkeit in Regionen aufhalten, die attraktiv für die Schafhaltung sind. Das Modell berücksichtigt außerdem soziale Interaktionen zwischen Agenten und erlaubt die Weitergabe der Innovation zwischen Agenten mit einer bestimmten Wahrscheinlichkeit. Die Parameter des agentenbasierten Modells werden an die verfügbaren archäologischen Daten angepasst. Ein Simulationsverfahren für die räumliche und zeitliche Entwicklung des Ausbreitungsprozesses soll es ermöglichen, qualitative Effekte von verschiedenen Aspekten zu studieren, die den Ausbreitungsprozess beeinflussen. Agentenbasiertes Modell; Mathematische Modellierung; Simulation; Innovationsausbreitung; Wollschaf; menschliche Mobilität 2

Research paper thumbnail of Tools tell tales – climate trends changing threads in the prehistoric Pannonian Plain

This study of prehistoric textile production on the Pannonian Plain is based on indirect evidence... more This study of prehistoric textile production on the Pannonian Plain is based on indirect evidence dated to the period between the 5 th and 2 nd millennium BC; the study of technological trends and changes that occurred in manufacturing traditions concentrates on fibre processing and production. The functionality analysis of spindle-whorls served as a basis for comparing textile production trends with the results of the climate change model. Climatic changes in the area were simulated by means of a moderate-resolution Global Circulation Model (GCM). The simulation covered the mid-to-late Holocene, from 7000 years BP to the pre-industrial period.

Research paper thumbnail of Bones for the Loom. Weaving Experiment with Astragali Weights

Research paper thumbnail of The Textile Revolution. Research into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central Europe

eTopoi Journal for Ancient Studies, 2016

Becker, Cornelia / Benecke, Norbert / Grabundzija, Ana / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Pollock, Su... more Becker, Cornelia / Benecke, Norbert / Grabundzija, Ana / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Pollock, Susan / Schier, Wolfram / Schoch, Chiara / Schrakamp, Ingo / Schütt, Brigitta / Schumacher, Martin (2016): The Textile Revolution. Research into the Origin and Spread of Wool Production between the Near East and Central Europe. – eTopoi Journal for Ancient Studies Special Volume 6, 102-145

Abstract
The objective of the research group Textile Revolution is to contribute to research on the still largely unclear introduction of wool production in later Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies from Western Asia to Central Europe. Since direct evidence of wool depends on rare conditions of preservation,a multi-proxy approach based on different kinds of indirect evidence was chosen. The previous history of research on early wool production as well as the domestication history of sheep are reviewed briefly. Anthropogenic impacts on the landscape, possibly related to intensified grazing, are one kind of indirect evidence that we take into account. For the later part of the presumably long-lasting development of wool production, written sources are available, the earliest of which date to the Late Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods (end of the 4th to beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE) in Mesopotamia. Indirect archaeological evidence consists of the tools used in textile production, among which spindle whorls and loom weights occur most frequently. Since they are not a priori specific to the type of fibre, be it linen or wool, statistical evaluations of metric data are necessary. Zooarchaeological analysis of large samples of animal bones from a wide spectrum of sites and time slices is a further crucial element of our multiproxy approach. Both the demographic composition of herds and metric data indicating changes in animal size can yield indirect evidence for incipient or increasing importance of wool production. This article offers an overview of these different sources and methods, specific to the disciplines involved, and presents some preliminary results.

Research paper thumbnail of Tomašanci-Palača - naselja iz kamenog, bakrenog i brončanog doba/Tomašanci-Palača - settlements of the Late Stone, Copper and Bronze Age, J. Balen (ed.), Katalozi i monografije Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, sv. XVII/Catalogues and Monographs of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, vol. XVII, 2020.

Tomašanci-Palača - naselja iz kamenog, bakrenog i brončanog doba/Tomašanci-Palača - settlements of the Late Stone, Copper and Bronze Age, 2020

For details, see the 2016 exhibition Baština Baranje u Arheološkom muzeju u Zagrebu (The Heritage... more For details, see the 2016 exhibition Baština Baranje u Arheološkom muzeju u Zagrebu (The Heritage of Baranja at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb) and the exhibition Tekuća arheološka istraživanja (Current Archaeological Excavations), the section dedicated to the excavations in Baranja.