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Ancient Egyptians used it for both the living and the dead, the Greeks
and Romans used it to signal their status, and it aided the Vikings in
reaching the far shores of Europe and Eurasia. Textiles have surrounded
us, literally and figuratively for millennia, but this common thread has
long been ignored in scholarly research. With the inception of the
Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen in 2005,
however, this approach changed fundamentally, and today, every type of
research discipline comes together to begin unravelling the stories told
by textiles. How do we understand textiles and how do we talk about
them? Who produced textiles, where, and for what purposes? How do we
conduct research into the origins of materials? How did cultivating flax
or raising sheep change the ancient landscape? How have we researched
textiles so far? What can we learn from textiles about society, gender,
and production? This volume engages with these questions and explores
how the fabric of society has changed through researching textiles in
all its facets, from archaeology and history to natural sciences. Taking
as its starting point the research interests and career of its
honorand, Eva Andersson Strand, this meticulously researched volume
consists of three parts, covering the tools and techniques that form the
basis of all research explores; how craftspeople made use of tools and
techniques; and how textiles have been used over millennia to signify
identity and status.
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