Textiles

The wide term archaeological textile includes every archaeological find related to threads and fabrics, usually found during excavations. They are rare residues of threads, cords and textiles created with several techniques, and which contain much significant information for the society that has produced them. Until a few years ago, no one believed that there were finds of archaeological textiles in Greece, since the Greek climate is not favourable for their preservation. The last years, however, the corpus of Greek archaeological textiles has substantially increased and, combined with the study of other sources, such as textile tools, texts and iconography, allows the study of ancient textile production.