E. J. W. Barber

Drawing on the latest archaeological and technological research, this intriguing study of women's history explores the relationship between the development of the fiber arts and women's roles in society.

The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Women's Work

Colin Renfrew

Denis Sinor

Michael Puett

Asko Parpola

J. P. Mallory

Werner Winter

Katheryn M. Linduff

Ann Taylor

Don Ringe

Douglas Q. Adams

Georges-Jean Pinault

Alexander Lubotsky

John Colarusso

Dolkun Kamberi

Dru C. Gladney

Chien wen Chen

C Scott Littleton

E. Bruce Brooks

Kenneth J. Hsü

Harold C. Fleming

Irene Good

Emwa C. Bunker

Colin Shell

Jianjun Mei

Ke Peng

Han Kangxin

Tongmao Zhao

Paolo Francalacci

William S-Y Wang

Penglin Wang

Kevin Tuite

Libby Levison

Alexander Michailov

Tandy Warnow

Eric P. Hamp

Tzehtley C'hiou Peng

Perry A. Tourtellotte

Claudia Chang

Jeannine Davis Kimball

Fredrik T. Hiehert

Natalia I. Shishlina

Karl Jettmar

Dexiu He

Tao Shui

VOLUME 1:ARCHEOLOGY, MIGRATION AND NOMADISM, LINGUISTICS:INTRODUCTION:ARCHEOLOGY:MIGRATION AND NOMADISM:LINGUISTICS:*VOLUME 2:GENETICS AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY:METALLURGY:TEXTILES:GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY:HISTORY:MYTHOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY:CONCLUSION:APPENDIX:ISBN inclusive of both Volumes

Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series No. 26 (inclusive of Two Volumes)

The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia

An ethnographic and archaeological exploration of ancient traditions and folklore pertaining to "dancing goddesses" traces their roots in early Roman, Greek and European cultures to reveal the origins of such customs as ritual dancing, coloring Easter eggs and throwing rice at brides. 13,000 first printing.

The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance

Barbara Belle Sloan

In the past, girls from rural southeastern Europe spent their childhoods weaving, sewing, and embroidering festive dress so that upon reaching puberty they could join the Sunday afternoon village dances garbed in resplendent attire. These extremely colorful and intensely worked garments were often adorned with embroidery, lace, metallic threads, coins, sequins, beads, and, perhaps most importantly, fringe, a symbolic marker of fertility. Over time new forms of dress were added so that by 1900, a southeastern European village woman's apparel consisted of millennia of layered history. Even today this dress continues to be worn on festive occasions and by older people in rural areas. Lavishly illustrated, Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe features fifty stunning nineteenth- through twentieth-century ensembles from Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, and neighboring countries, plus one hundred individual items including aprons, vests, jackets, and robes. Elizabeth Wayland Barber traces this twenty-thousand-year tradition of dress in fascinating detail.

A History in Layers

Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe

E. J. W. Barber

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