دانلود کتاب کاوش در منسوجات باستانی – غلبه بر مرزهای متدولوژی های تثبیت شده

As a participant in the conference that formed the basis for this book, I was privileged not only to hear the initial versions of many of the papers published here but also to engage in discussion with the many textile researchers gathered in Liverpool in October 2018. It is now an equal pleasure to contribute this brief preface to a book that will, I am sure, make a lasting contribution to global studies of ancient textiles, particularly in the area of scientific methodology. The geographical and chronological range of the book is impressive, stretching from Cornwall to Peru and Russia, and from early prehistory to the dawn of the Middle Ages. The cutting-edge scientific methods employed include strontium isotope analysis, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and use-wear analysis, while the more theoretically informed papers take the study of textiles in the direction of such prominent issues as self-representation, neuroarchaeology, socio-economic networking, and mobility of craftworkers. As this book demonstrates, textile production, like other forms of ancient technology, is often deeply embedded in idiosyncratic social and cultural structures.