Ancient material culture is a mysterious but fascinating field
THE NATIONAL Archaeological Museum of Athens is itself a grand old edifice. Founded nearly 200 years ago, and located in its present neo-classical premises since 1889, the establishment is home to some of the greatest sculptures, jewellery and other objects of the ancient world. Its artefacts have endured many vicissitudes, including Nazi occupation , neighbourhood riots and austerity.
But the vast burial chamber found at Lefkandi, where British and Greek archaeologists have been digging since 1981, offers some important clues as to how things were around 950BC. The finds there suggest that the people of the Dark Age, despite being non-literate, never lost their taste for fancy textiles, precious metals and jewels, or the ability to trade far afield.
But the community of scholars that studies textiles in ancient Greece has unearthed some more positive evidence about women and weaving. Until recently, the conventional wisdom was that women wove dutifully for their own households while cloth production on a more strategic scale—say for the sails of warships—was a male prerogative. The rituals dedicated to the goddess Athene, in the city bearing her name, reinforce that picture.
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