ARAKHNE'S LOOM: LUXURIOUS TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN ANCIENT WESTERN ANATOLIA

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dc.authoridSare Agturk, Tuna/0000-0002-7837-9204
dc.contributor.authorSare-Agturk, Tuna
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:23:40Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:23:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe fame of the high quality textiles produced in Western Anatolia during the Roman Empire is well attested in a variety of literary and epigraphic sources. As one can deduce from these sources, certain cities of Western Anatolia have become so famous with the textiles they produced that their highly prized products took on the cities' name. The Laodikene chlamys, for example, was a highly priced clothing item produced in Laodikeia of Western Anatolia and exported to all around Roman Empire. This article aims to trace the origin of the tradition of luxurious textile production in ancient Western Anatolia through Bronze Age to the fourth century BCE, with an emphasis on the textual evidence, material evidence, and artistic evidence related to the Archaic and Achaemenid Periods of the region. The overall examination shows that starting with the Bronze Age, Western Anatolia had a significant role in the production and in some cases in the export of luxurious textiles and raw materials used in the manufacture of these textiles in interregional markets. The study also reveals four major specializations in high-quality textile production in Western Anatolia: textile dyes (especially the royal purple-dye), gold woven textiles (embroidered with golden threads or decorated with golden appliques), high quality wool, and fine linen. Starting with the Bronze Age the industry is controlled by the elite. The essay consists of two main parts, a chronological overview of the textile production, followed by a short discussion of the elite clothing fashions in Western Anatolia between the fourth and seventh centuries BCE.
dc.identifier.endpage280
dc.identifier.issn1301-7667
dc.identifier.startpage251
dc.identifier.trdizinid221220
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/221220
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/29260
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000336913900011
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMersin Univ Publ Res Center Cilician Archaeology
dc.relation.ispartofOlba
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectluxurious textiles
dc.subjectancient textile industry
dc.subjectpurple dye
dc.subjectancient clothing fashions
dc.subjectancient Western Anatolia
dc.titleARAKHNE'S LOOM: LUXURIOUS TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN ANCIENT WESTERN ANATOLIA
dc.typeArticle

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