TY - JOUR
T1 - Unfolding a geometric textile from 9th-century gordion
AU - Holzman, Samuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - A fire at Gordion ca. 800 b.c. preserved an ornate woven textile folded up in Megaron 3. A new visual reconstruction of this artifact from the Early Phrygian destruction level shows a complex composition combining slit-tapestry weaving and soumak wrapping. A unique find from Early Iron Age Anatolia, the textile shares geometric motifs and design elements with many other types of Phrygian artifacts, such as painted pottery, inlaid furniture, and a pebble mosaic, and shows weaving to have been part of the koine of geometric design of the era.
AB - A fire at Gordion ca. 800 b.c. preserved an ornate woven textile folded up in Megaron 3. A new visual reconstruction of this artifact from the Early Phrygian destruction level shows a complex composition combining slit-tapestry weaving and soumak wrapping. A unique find from Early Iron Age Anatolia, the textile shares geometric motifs and design elements with many other types of Phrygian artifacts, such as painted pottery, inlaid furniture, and a pebble mosaic, and shows weaving to have been part of the koine of geometric design of the era.
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U2 - 10.2972/hesperia.88.3.0527
DO - 10.2972/hesperia.88.3.0527
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85072639327
SN - 0018-098X
VL - 88
SP - 527
EP - 556
JO - Hesperia
JF - Hesperia
IS - 3
ER -