Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)

Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)

<p>Gurukly Depe is an archaeological site located in the Serakhs oasis in southeast Turkmenistan, excavated since 2010 by the Polish-Turkmen archaeological mission directed by Professor Barbara Kaim from the University of Warsaw. Most investigated structures date to the Late Sasanian Period. A...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Ethnobiology 2016-12-01
Series:Ethnobiology Letters
Subjects:
Spindle whorls
Cotton
Turkmenistan
Gurukly Depe
Sasanian Empire
Online Access:http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/682
id doaj-552e0a41c6db4b8e843f70af1075e711
record_format Article
spelling doaj-552e0a41c6db4b8e843f70af1075e7112020-11-24T22:57:05ZengSociety of EthnobiologyEthnobiology Letters2159-81262016-12-017110.14237/ebl.7.1.2016.682206Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik0Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Poland.<p>Gurukly Depe is an archaeological site located in the Serakhs oasis in southeast Turkmenistan, excavated since 2010 by the Polish-Turkmen archaeological mission directed by Professor Barbara Kaim from the University of Warsaw. Most investigated structures date to the Late Sasanian Period. At the site 102 spindle whorls were found. Based on their dimensions and weight I propose that most them were likely to have been used to spin cotton. This evidence provides another indication of cotton agriculture in Central Asia before the Muslim conquest.</p>http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/682Spindle whorlsCottonTurkmenistanGurukly DepeSasanian Empire
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
spellingShingle Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)
Ethnobiology Letters
Spindle whorls
Cotton
Turkmenistan
Gurukly Depe
Sasanian Empire
author_facet Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
author_sort Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
title Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)
title_short Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)
title_full Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)
title_fullStr Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)
title_full_unstemmed Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)
title_sort cotton and wool: textile economy in the serakhs oasis during the late sasanian period, the case of spindle whorls from gurukly depe (turkmenistan)
publisher Society of Ethnobiology
series Ethnobiology Letters
issn 2159-8126
publishDate 2016-12-01
description <p>Gurukly Depe is an archaeological site located in the Serakhs oasis in southeast Turkmenistan, excavated since 2010 by the Polish-Turkmen archaeological mission directed by Professor Barbara Kaim from the University of Warsaw. Most investigated structures date to the Late Sasanian Period. At the site 102 spindle whorls were found. Based on their dimensions and weight I propose that most them were likely to have been used to spin cotton. This evidence provides another indication of cotton agriculture in Central Asia before the Muslim conquest.</p>
topic Spindle whorls
Cotton
Turkmenistan
Gurukly Depe
Sasanian Empire
url http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/682
work_keys_str_mv AT dominikamajakossowskajanik cottonandwooltextileeconomyintheserakhsoasisduringthelatesasanianperiodthecaseofspindlewhorlsfromguruklydepeturkmenistan
_version_ 1725652100111663104

Similar Items