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Fourteen - Wool in the Bronze Age: Concluding Reflections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2019

By
Kristian Kristiansen  and
Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
Edited by
Serena Sabatini  and
Sophie Bergerbrant
Serena Sabatini
Affiliation:
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Sophie Bergerbrant
Affiliation:
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
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Summary

This final chapter discusses how the introduction of wool affected societies substantially and in ways that we are only now beginning to comprehend.

Keywords

Wool production and tradeConsumption of textilesLabour divisionSheep
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The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe
Production, Specialisation, Consumption
 , pp. 317 - 332
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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