textile production

La manifattura tessile nell’insediamento fortificato di Rofalco

Rofalco is a late-Etruscan fortress in the territory of Vulci. Thanks to a long-term excavation project and the good preservation of the archaeological evidence some analyses can help to understand the economy of the site. This paper discusses the evidence related to textile production (spindle whorl, loom weights and bobbins) discovered so far. The dimension and weight analysis together with the spatial distribution and clustering demonstrate the crucial role of textile production within the economy of the fortress.

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