Barber's Prehistoric Textiles is worth owning and reading. Also the Jennifer Harris.
As for "pre-industrial" - I question when we mean by this term - as noted by the title of a recent archaeological book (reviewed in the latest Handwoven) "The Roman Textile Industry and Its Influence" (also to be recommended for your bookshelf). Lise Bender Jorgensen's "North European Textiles until AD 1000" is a dry, scholarly work, but full of valuable information. Margarethe Hald's "Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials" is rare and difficult to find, but a weaver's dream - she sketches each fragment and shows how the threads are interwoven, interlaced, etc. Lynn Teague's "Textiles in Southwestern Prehistory" is an excellent source of information on North America, as is Kate Peck Kent's "Prehistoric Textiles of the Southwest" - excellent, but rare and expensive. Honestly, I have gleaned MUCH good information from reading old economic texts about periods past - particularly from England. Since their economy revolved for such a long time around wool and textiles, these texts show the extent of the manufacturing process (yes, even with human power it was manufacturing) even as far back as the middle ages. For works of this nature, it is recommended to use the nearest large university library. Sara von Tresckow Fond du Lac, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our Web Site - Free Temple Plans & FLAXCAM http://www2.powercom.net/~sarav To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
