Roman Clothes

 

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    This page created by Debbie Huffman.

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    RESOURCES

  • Ancient Roman Technology - Roman Clothing
    http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/survival/clothing.html
    Six articles on the various stages involved in fiber and textile production, in a specifically Roman context, with bibliography.

  • The World Wide Web Virtual Library [WWW-VL] - History: Costume
    http://www.ku.edu/history/VL/topical/costume.html
    A compendium of links -- to a wealth of information on clothing and textiles. With a little navigation, you will find technical information and pictures of Greek and Roman clothing, including modern reproductions.

  • Student Resources - Ancient Civilizations
    http://www.stcasimirnh.org/student_resources.htm
    Among this collection of links to Greek and Roman life are discussions of clothing design and how to reproduce them for contemporary use.

  • Togaman.com
    http://www.togaman.com
    Wade Heaton is an instructor in the English Department at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana - and an expert on adapting Roman costume to modern materials and presentations.

  • Textile Arts of the Ancient Near East, Prepared for "Textile Arts in Ancient Western Asia," in Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, ed. J. Sasson and K. Rubinson. Pp.1567-1588. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York., 1995, by Carol Bier.
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/Textiles/RT36C.html
    This page consists entirely of bibliographic information.

  • Butser Ancient Farm - Textiles
    http://www.butser.org.uk/iaftex_hcc.html
    Butser Ancient Farm, in Hampshire, England, is a replica of the sort of farm which would have existed in the British Iron Age circa 300 BC. It is essentially a large open air laboratory where research into the Iron Age and Roman periods goes on using the methods and materials which were available at that time, and also by applying modern science to ancient problems. This page discusses spindle and loom technology in Iron Age Europe.

  • University of Michigan - Kelsey Museum of Archeology
    http://www.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/galleries/Exhibits/textiles/index.html
    Visuals and text from a 2001 exhibit of Roman-period textile fragments and artifacts found in Egypt.

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    • A resource for students and teachers, created at the Austin College Summer Institute for Foreign Languages, funded by the Sid W. Richardson Foundation of Ft. Worth, Texas. This material may be used for educational purposes but may not be sold (©2002-03). For information and inquiries, please contact Prof. Robert W. Cape, Jr. (rcape@austincollege.edu).