diff --git a/content/article/yvanez.md b/content/article/yvanez.md index 6a86d4f..479016f 100644 --- a/content/article/yvanez.md +++ b/content/article/yvanez.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Meroitic kingdom. keywords: ["Meroitic settlements", "craft organization", "textile production"] --- -**Introduction** [^1] +# Introduction [^1] The past two decades have seen the significant development of settlement excavations in Sudan, especially in the Meroitic heartland, in a region @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ archaeological locations -- within houses and settlements -- the present author hopes to identify the different types and scales of textile production occurring in Sudan. -1. ***Sources Documenting Textile Production in Meroitic Settlements*** +# Sources Documenting Textile Production in Meroitic Settlements Spinning tools are by far the most prominent material source, especially the spindle whorls, which survived in the archaeological record in a @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ both well preserved and documented, can be combined with knowledge on the Meroitic textile *chaîne opératoire* to offer engaging elements of interpretation. -2. ***Textile Activities on Tila Island*** +# Textile Activities on Tila Island The rocky island of Tila was located between the Semna and Attiri rapids, offering a small and protected bay where it was possible to @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ sum of this data clearly shows the importance of textile activities on Tila Island, which is particularly noticeable and surprising for such a small settlement. -3. ***Textile Activities at Meroe*** +# Textile Activities at Meroe Textile activities are well represented in the capital city of Meroe. The objects were mainly discovered between 1965 and 1984 during P.L. @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ textile activities were an important aspect of the life of this building, and that they were inserted within a mixed domestic and industrial urban environment. -**Discussion** +# Discussion Despite the geographic distance between Tila and Meroe and their fundamental difference in nature, the two settlements present a coherent @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ therefore hope that new data coming from recent settlement excavations and archival work will further enhance our understanding of textile and craft activities, and the Meroitic domestic and economic landscapes. -**Bibliography:** +# Bibliography Adams, Nettie K. "Sacred Textiles from an Ancient Nubian Temple." In *Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles, Proceedings of the Textile Society of