From ffbb807f2f180f6a37808338063c6f52a983ff1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandros Tsakos Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 16:02:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] elsa5 --- content/article/yvanez.md | 17 +++-------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/article/yvanez.md b/content/article/yvanez.md index 3219cf4..96b4e9e 100644 --- a/content/article/yvanez.md +++ b/content/article/yvanez.md @@ -1,25 +1,14 @@ --- title: "Textiles Activities in Context. An Example of Craft Organization in Meroitic Sudan" authors: ["elsayvanez.md"] -abstract: In Sudan and Nubia, textile implements such as spindle whorls and loom -weights are common finds, especially in the excavations of both rural -and urban Meroitic settlements. This paper will focus on restoring the -textile implements to their archeological locations in order to identify -and understand the context of textile activities within the two -settlements of Tila Island and Meroe-city. The two sites -- a small -rural settlement on one hand and the royal capital city on the other -hand -- offer various examples of how craft production was integrated -amidst the Meroitic urban landscape. From domestic production inside -living quarters to the creation of multi-tasking industrial areas, the -making of textiles was tightly woven into the economic fabric of the -Meroitic kingdom. +abstract: In Sudan and Nubia, textile implements such as spindle whorls and loom weights are common finds, especially in the excavations of both rural and urban Meroitic settlements. This paper will focus on restoring the textile implements to their archeological locations in order to identify and understand the context of textile activities within the two settlements of Tila Island and Meroe-city. The two sites - a small rural settlement on one hand and the royal capital city on the other hand - offer various examples of how craft production was integrated amidst the Meroitic urban landscape. From domestic production inside living quarters to the creation of multi-tasking industrial areas, the making of textiles was tightly woven into the economic fabric of the Meroitic kingdom. keywords: ["Meroitic settlements", "craft organization", "textile production"] --- -# Introduction +# Introduction [^1] The past two decades have seen the significant development of settlement -excavations in Sudan,[^1] especially in the Meroitic heartland, in a region +excavations in Sudan, especially in the Meroitic heartland, in a region encompassing the capital city of Meroe, the surrounding riverine areas, and the Butana hinterlands. Along the eastern bank of the Nile, the Meroitic urban landscape is now defined by a chain of cities regularly