This thesis is concerned with 95 weaving implements collected in a survey at the ancient city of Koroneia. It comprises of one bobbin, six spindle whorls and 88 loomweights. The bobbin and...Show moreThis thesis is concerned with 95 weaving implements collected in a survey at the ancient city of Koroneia. It comprises of one bobbin, six spindle whorls and 88 loomweights. The bobbin and loomweights (except for two) are put into suitable categories, based mainly on the typologies of Staermose Nielsen (2005) and Mårtensson et al. (2009). For the spindle whorls assigning them to a type has proven more difficult. Date ranges are proposed for the implements, but these tend to be rather unspecific, due to some problems regarding the dating of textile implements in general. Next, the technological side of the implements is assessed. The spindle whorls were probably used for very thick woollen yarns, and the discoid weights have proven suitable for quite a broad range of threads, while the conical and pyramidal weights were more suitable for finer yarns. The mapping of the implements under study has shown that the textile production in Koroneia was probably home-based, because the majority has been collected in areas that are thought to be domestic, including a villa-area. There are some exceptions, in which cases textile implements might be either funarary or dedicatory, or simply discarded, broken material. Hopefully more textile implements will be published in the future, especially with regard to their find context. This will facilitate the dating of similar material and might shed a light on the textiles that were used in antiquity.Show less
