{"id":439,"date":"2014-05-25T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/25\/prehistoric-and-early-textiles-references-by-elizabeth-wayland-barber-2\/"},"modified":"2014-05-25T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T21:45:00","slug":"prehistoric-and-early-textiles-references-by-elizabeth-wayland-barber-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/prehistoric-and-early-textiles-references-by-elizabeth-wayland-barber-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Prehistoric and Early Textiles References by Elizabeth Wayland Barber"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nElizabeth Wayland Barber<\/div>\n
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\nWhen I began my journey through textile history I quickly
\nrealized there were several paths one could take. I could see the advantage in
\nspecializing in one particular area such as costume, or one particular period
\nof time, such as medieval textiles.  For
\nme, the problem with that approach is that you then sacrifice the overall
\npicture of how everything (history, culture, economics, climate\u2026everything)
\ninteracts.  Sort of not seeing the
\nforest.  I felt I would be better served
\nwith an overall study, if, then, later I could specialize. Following the
\nexample of art history where one is introduced to art from prehistoric to
\ncontemporary ( sort of Art History 101). 
\nI began categorizing my research into time periods, each of which was subdivided
\n.  I have to confess I continued to
\ncollect information on any aspect of textile history, attending any workshops
\nand lectures, classes and museum exhibits that I could find.  Slowly, I was able to make some organization
\nof all the materials and now I can file information and actually find relevant
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\nStarting with my Textile History 101, I found the works of
\nElizabeth Wayland Barber, a professor of linguistics and archeology.  Her work with prehistoric and early textiles
\nis so very impressive and her reference books provide information that is
\neasily understood, despite their academic format.  Valuable sections of bibliographies, notes and lists of
\nadditional readings allow further research, if necessary.  I have turned to her expertise time and
\nagain over the years.<\/div>\n
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\nI have been fortunate to have attended several lectures by
\nMs Barber.  She is an energetic,
\nknowledgeable, and great speaker and I thank her for contributing  to my foundation of textile studies. <\/div>\n
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\nPrehistoric Textiles:  The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, E. W. Barber, Princeton University press, 1991<\/div>\n
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\nWomen’s Work : The First 20,000 Years,
\nE. W. Barber, W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 1994<\/p>\n

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The Mummies of Urumchi, E. W. Barber, W.W. Norton & Co., NY,1999<\/p>\n

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\nOther works by E\/W.B.: 
\nWorld Textiles<\/div>\n
\n                                        When They Severed the
\nEarth from the Sky<\/div>\n
\n                                       The Dancing Goddesses<\/div>\n

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\n                                       Resplendent
\nDress from Southeastern Europe <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Wayland Barber When I began my journey through textile history I quickly realized there were several paths one could take. I could see the advantage in specializing in one particular area such as costume, or one particular period of time, such as medieval textiles.  For me, the problem with that approach is that you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}