Excavations at Francavilla Marittima 1991–2004: Finds Related to Textile Production from the Timpone della Motta. Volume 6: Loom Weights

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This is the sixth volume in a series of publications dealing with the excavations by Groningen University in 1991-2004 on the Timpone della Motta, Francavilla Marittima, Calabria (Italy), under the direction of the author. It is preceded by four BAR volumes on the Oenotrian production of Matt-painted pottery and one on spindle whorls. The locally produced material, together with impasto pottery, loom weights, cooking stove fragments, etc. was associated with an indigenous, Oenotrian apsidal building dating from the 8th century BC. Judging from the presence of an altar and a huge ash layer - alongside the many bone fragments of adult and sub-adult domestic animals, as well as those of foetal and neonatal specimens - this was not only the residence of female spinners and weavers, but also fulfilled a sacred function. The present volume largely consists of a catalogue of loom weights of various types, among them nicely decorated ones, and a description of their find circumstances. The book also contains a description of the loom weights and spindle whorls and their provenances from the excavations of Zancani Montuoro/Stoop 1963-'69 and a chapter on the extraordinary solar iconography of the large 8th-c. BC loom weights from Francavilla Marittima. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Preface Table of Contents CHAPTER I: LABYRINTHS OR SWASTIKAS? AN ICONOLOGY OF THE LOOM WEIGHTS FROM THE TIMPONE DELLA MOTTA CHAPTER II: SPINNING AND WEAVING UTENSILS FROM THE EXCAVATIONS ZANCANI MONTUORO-STOOP 1963-’69 CHAPTER III: CONTEXT OF THE LARGE TRAPEZOIDAL, DECORATED LOOM WEIGHTS CHAPTER IV: WEAVING TECHNIQUE; TYPOLOGY AND CATALOGUE OF THE LARGE, DECORATED LOOM WEIGHTS CHAPTER V: SMALL-SIZED TRAPEZOIDAL LOOM WEIGHTS CHAPTER VI: TRUNCATED-PYRAMIDAL AND PYRAMIDAL LOOM WEIGHTS CHAPTER VII: CONICAL LOOM WEIGHTS CHAPTER VIII: SMALL PINCHED WEIGHTS BIBLIOGRAPHY