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Beginning in the Iron Age, the volume examines the foundations of the textile trade in Italy and the emergence of specialist textile production in Austria, the impact of new Roman markets on regional traditions and the role that gender played in the production of textiles. Trade networks from far beyond the frontiers of the Empire are traced, whilst the role of specialized merchants dealing in particular types of garment and the influence of Roman collegia on how textiles were produced and distributed are explored. 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This is not necessarily how they dressed in the  past, but how the authors of this book think they dressed in the  past, and why they think so. No reader of this book will ever  look at a reconstructed costume in a museum or at a historical festival, or watch a film with a historic theme again without a heightened awareness of how, why, and from what sources, the  costumes were reconstructed. The seventeen contributors come from  a variety of disciplines: archaeologists, historians, curators  with ethnological and anthropological backgrounds, designers, a  weaver, a conservator and a scholar of fashion in cinema, are all  specialists interested in ancient or historical dress who wish to  share their knowledge and expertise with students, hobby  enthusiasts and the general reader. 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In archaeology, the study of textiles is often relegated to the  marginalised zone of specialist and specialised subject and lack  of dialogue between textile researchers and scholars in other  fields means that as a resource, textiles are not used to their  full potential or integrated into the overall interpretation of a  particular site or broader aspects of human activity.   Textiles and Textile Production in Europe  is a major new survey that aims to redress this. Twenty-three chapters collect and systematise  essential information on textiles and textile production from  sixteen European countries, resulting in an up-to-date and  detailed sourcebook and an easily accessible overview of the  development of European textile technology and economy from  prehistory to AD 400. All chapters have an introduction, give the chronological and  cultural background and an overview of the material in question  organised chronologically and thematically. 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