The Purpled World

Marketing Haute Couture in the Aegean Bronze Age

During the Aegean Bronze Age, the spread of woolen textiles triggered an increased demand for color. In The Purpled World, Silver reveals how Minoan and Mycenaean textile producers embedded commercial motivation into traditional rituals, and considers collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces as a manifestation of disintegration in the textile industry.

avril 2023, Hellenic Studies Series, Anglais
University Presses
978-0-674-27256-9

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