Book Review: The Art of Prehistoric Textile Making: The Development of Craft Traditions and Clothing in Central Europe by Karina Grömer

• Main Author: Raylene McCalman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EXARC 2016-12-01
• Series: EXARC Journal
• Subjects: textile; dyeing; grave; mesolithic; neolithic; chalcolithic; bronze age; iron age; austria; czech republic; germany; hungary; poland; slovakia; slovenia; switzerland; book; review
• Online Access: https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10261

Textile research has made significant advances in recent years as new technologies and methods are developed, tested, and applied to the analyses of archaeological textiles. The FWF-Project1, a collaborative research effort involving researchers and artists from institutions in Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany, engaged in a four-year effort during 2008-2012, to examine dyeing and fabrication techniques used in the production of prehistoric textiles from Austria and neighboring countries. A number of publications and exhibits resulted from this groundbreaking body of work, including this ambitious book version, the subject of this review, which includes more recent research and additional finds, such as the Iron Age Hammerum Girl textiles.