TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barber,E.J.W.
TI  - Women's work: the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times 
AV  - GN799.T43 B37 1994
U1  - 646.4009 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - Norton
KW  - Textile fabrics, Prehistoric
KW  - Women, Prehistoric
KW  - Textile fabrics, Ancient
KW  - Women
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-322) and index; A tradition with a reason: why textiles were traditionally women's work -- The string revolution: life in the Palaeolithic -- Courtyard sisterhood: horticultural society in the Neolithic -- Island fever: Bronze Age horticultural survivals: Minoans and others -- More than hearts on our sleeves: the functions of cloth and clothing in society -- Elements of the code: symbolism in cloth and clothing -- Cloth for the caravans: early urban manufacture in the Bronze Age Near East -- Land of linen: Middle Kingdom Egypt -- The golden spindle: outworker industries for the elite: the Mycenaeans -- Behind the myths: women's work as reflected in textile myths -- Plain or fancy, new or tried and true: Late Bronze and Iron Age urban industries -- Postscript: Finding the invisible: methods of research
ER  -