Treasures from the sea [electronic resource] : sea silk and shellfish purple dye in antiquity / edited by Hedvig Landenius Enegran and Francesco Meo.

"This interdisciplinary volume presents a collection of 17 papers which treat the current state of research on two marine resources used in ancient textile manufacture, shellfish purple dye and sea silk. Purple dye is extracted from the glands of the mollusks Hexaplex trunculus, Bolinus Brandaris an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Landenius Enegren, Hedvig (Editor of compilation) Meo, Francesco (Editor of compilation)
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2017.
Series:	Ancient textiles series ; 30
Subjects:	Textile fabrics, Ancient > Mediterranean Region. Dyes and dyeing > Textile fibers > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500. Mollusks > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500. Purple > History > To 1500. Silk > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500. Mediterranean Region > Antiquities.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2017 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Treasures from the Sea: Purple Dye and Sea Silk
Format:	Electronic eBook

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ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2017 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)