"PURPUREAE VESTES V": TEXTILES, BASKETRY AND DYES IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD, by J. Ortiz, C. Alfaro L. Turell and Mª. J. Martínez (original) (raw)
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This volume gathers the contributions of the 6th Purpureae Vestes International Symposium, which took place in Padova-Este-Altino, Veneto, Italy in October 2016. The topic, Textiles and Dyes in the Mediterranean economy and society, focused on the role of textile production and dyeing as economic activities of the various ancient cultures of the Mediterranean area, highlighting conservatisms and innovations in the various Mediterranean textile traditions and customs. An important impetus for this has been provided by the recent advances in textile studies and the numerous scientific projects that are using textile evidence to understand wider economic developments of ancient Mediterranean societies. The 53 articles collected in this volume follow a chronological (from the Bronze Age to the High Middle Ages) and geographical (from East to West and from Italy to the provinces) order. The last section deals with broader aspects that transgress chronological or geographical boundaries.
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EL libro que presentamos forma parte de las publicaciones Purpureae Vestes, de las que es el quinto volumen. Tanto este como los anteriores volúmenes recogen, con una frecuencia bianual, los Simposia Inter- nacionales sobre Textiles y Tintes del Mediterráneo antiguo y su entorno cultural. Se trata, como probable- mente conoce el lector, de una serie de publicaciones que nacieron a partir de los primeros trabajos de inves- tigación sobre la producción de púrpura en la Isla de Ibiza,
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