The Purpled World. Marketing Haute Couture in the Aegean Bronze Age, Paperback/Morris Silver

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. Publisher: Harvard University Press Author(s): Morris Silver Illustration(s): 1 photo, 16 color photos, 41 illus. Number of pages: 516 Collection: Hellenic Studies Series Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 155 x 229 x 40 Cover type: Paperback / softback