Silo or vat? Observations on the ancient textile industry in Malta and early Phoenician interests in the Island

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-60

  Sagona, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

MALTA;

DYEING; DYEING INDUSTRY; NATURAL DYE; TEXTILE HISTORY;

EID: 0033042859     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00070     Document Type: Article

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