Sartorial vestments in the Southern Levant: Headwear, footwear, girdles, sashes and shrouds, 15,000-5,900 BP cal.

Janet Levy

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Abstract

The Natufian and Neolithic clothing repertoire of the Southern Levant is characterized by artifacts of small dimensions. Headwear dominates the clothing corpus - both representations and excavated artifacts. Labour intensive techniques of yarn and fabric production imposed dimensional limitations. The adoption during the Chalcolithic of drop spinning as the primary mode of yarn production and the genesis of the horizontal ground loom engendered an exponential increase in textile production and artifact size. Increased time efficiency brought about major changes in clothing conventions. Total body covering by woven cloth and the use of footwear became de rigueur for those in positions of power.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSuyanggae and Her Neighbours in Haifa, Israel
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 20th (1) Congress June 21-28, 2015
PublisherArchaeopress
Pages60-79
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9781784915391
ISBN (Print)9781784915384
StatePublished - 13 Feb 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences
  • General Arts and Humanities

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