Textile tools and production at a Mycenaean secondary centre

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dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, Max K.
dc.contributor.supervisorBurke, B. (Brendan)
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T20:05:36Z
dc.date.available2017-08-31T20:05:36Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-08-31
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Greek and Roman Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a study of textile production in the Late Bronze Age, using new evidence uncovered by excavations at Ancient Eleon in Boeotia, Greece. Textile production is a nearly forgotten art. To the Mycenaeans of the Greek Late Bronze Age (ca. 1700-1100 BCE) textiles were nearly a form of currency, and a symbol of power. This thesis begins by examining the Mycenaean administration of textile production, which was systematically controlled by the palatial centres of Greece and Crete. Linear B documents record resources and workers under palatial control, and the amounts of cloth that they were expected to produce. The Mycenaean palace at Thebes was the administrative centre that controlled the region of eastern Boeotia, including sites such as Eleon. No document directly links textile production at Eleon to Thebes, but other Theban tablets and the two sites’ close proximity suggest a similar relationship to other Mycenaean centres and their dependents. Usually, ancient textiles from Greece do not survive in the archaeological record. The only evidence that remains is the Linear B archives and the tools of production. Linear B tablets have not been found at Eleon, but many spindle whorls for yarn production, loom weights for weaving, and other tools indicating the production of textiles have been recovered from the site. This thesis discusses the significance of these objects and attempts to place Eleon in the greater context of the Mycenaean textile industry.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8531
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectGreeceen_US
dc.subjectThebesen_US
dc.subjectToolsen_US
dc.subjectTextilesen_US
dc.subjectspindle whorlsen_US
dc.subjectLoomweightsen_US
dc.subjectMycenaeanen_US
dc.subjectMinoanen_US
dc.subjectEleonen_US
dc.subjectBoeotiaen_US
dc.subjectBronze Ageen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectPrehistoryen_US
dc.titleTextile tools and production at a Mycenaean secondary centreen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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