Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. PREFACE xxi
5. Site Maps xxiv
6. NUMERICAL KEY TO MAP SITES (For alphabetical key, see Index.) xxv
7. CHRONOLOGY (IN LOGARITHMIC SCALE) OF MAIN ERAS MENTIONED , 20,000-400 B.C xxx
8. CHRONOLOGY OF LATER CULTURES MENTIONED, 3000-400 B.C xxxi
9. INTRODUCTION 1
10. PART I THE BASIC TEXTILE CRAFTS— THE DATA
11. CHAPTER 1 THE DOMESTICATION OF FIBERS 9
12. CHAPTER 2 SPINNING 39
13. CHAPTER 3 LOOMS AND WEAVING 79
14. CHAPTER 4 THE TEXTILE WEAVES (1) THE BEGINNINGS 126
15. CHAPTER 5 THE TEXTILE WEAVES (2) EGYPT 145
16. CHAPTER 6 THE TEXTILE WEAVES (3) THE BRONZE AGE 163
17. CHAPTER 7 THE TEXTILE WEAVES (4) THE IRON AGE 186
18. CHAPTER 8 THE TEXTILE WEAVES (5) AN OVERALL VIEW 210
19. CHAPTER 9 FELT AND FELTING 215
20. CHAPTER 10 DYES 223
21. PART II DISCUSSIONS
22. INTRODUCTION TO PART II 247
23. CHAPTER 11 BEGINNINGS REVISITED 249
24. CHAPTER 12 WORD EXCAVATION 260
25. CHAPTER 13 WOMEN'S WORK 283
26. CHAPTER 14 THE WEIGHT CHASE 299
27. CHAPTER 15 MINOANS, MYCENAEANS, AND KEFTIU 311
28. CHAPTER 16 AND PENELOPE? 358
29. CODA 383
30. APPENDICES
31. APPENDIX A: THE LOOM WEIGHTS: DATA TABLE AND ITS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR CHAPTER 3 387
32. APPENDIX B: THE HOLLOW WHORLS: LIST AND ITS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR CHAPTER 14 391
33. APPENDIX C AEGEAN REPRESENTATIONS OF CLOTH LIST AND ITS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR CHAPTER 15 394
34. APPENDIX D EGYPTIAN TOMBS WITH AEGEAN DATA: LIST AND ITS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR CHAPTER 15 396
35. BIBLIOGRAPHY 397
36. INDEX 431