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WOMEN'S WORK The First 20,000 Years
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WOMEN'S WORK The First 20,000 Years
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Elizabeth Wayland Barber
ISBN-13: 9780393313482
ISBN-10: 0393313484
Category: Historical & Ethnic Textile, Weaving
Cover: Softcover
Size: 5½'' x 8¼''
The author uses the data gleaned from her research on prehistoric textiles to recreate the daily lives of women from 20,000 B.C. to 500 B.C. Since few textiles survived from so long ago, she draws her evidence from weaving and spinning tools, paintings on pottery and furniture, figurines, linguistic history, mythology and written accounts, and through correlations drawn between ancient techniques and those still practiced. You'll be fascinated by reconstructions of how women might have lived and worked. Black & white line drawings and photos of artifacts.
