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Collects European research on maritime textiles, sails, rigging, and seafaring from the Bronze Age to the 18th century. Sailing Textiles brings together researchers from across Europe to explore the production and use of sails, maritime textiles, rigging, and ropes, through an array of archaeological, historical, and textual evidence. Much research into maritime textiles, such as the reconstruction of ancient vessels, is rooted in museum contexts without further academic discussion. This volume addresses that gap by presenting both case studies and wider discussions organised around three key themes: sails and sail production from Antiquity to the 19th century; archaeological evidence for maritime exchange, sailing, and textile production linked to maritime activities; and boat technology, including the significance of ropes and rigging. Covering a geographical range from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, the contributions draw on source materials based on archaeological evidence, classical literature, documentary records, and experimental research.
Collects European research on maritime textiles, sails, rigging, and seafaring from the Bronze Age to the 18th century. Sailing Textiles brings together researchers from across Europe to explore the production and use of sails, maritime textiles, rigging, and ropes, through an array of archaeolog...
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Serena Sabatini is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Gothenburg and a scholar of European and Mediterranean Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Studies. Her research focuses on the study of production and long-distance trade and exchange of metal, wool, and textiles; she is extensively engaged in research on mobility and aDNA in both humans and animals. Over the years she has also worked in various ways with burial practices, issues of social complexity, identity, and the study of the early urban phenomenon in southern Europe from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Serena Sabatini is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Gothenburg and a scholar of European and Mediterranean Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Studies. Her research focuses on the study of production and long-distance trade and exchange of metal, wool, and textiles; she is extens...
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