"The variety and distribution of clothing and textiles within a society reveal social customs and culture." - Clothes were adapted as protection from cold, heat, and rain.
Explores the materials, designs, and styles of clothing worn by people in ancient times, including societal and cultural significance.
"But studies involving the evolution of body lice suggest it started sometime around 170,000 years ago."
"Anthropologists believe that animal skins and vegetation were adapted into coverings."
"Silk weaving was introduced to India circa 400 AD."
"Cotton spinning dates back to 3000 BC in India."
"Textiles can be felt or spun fibers... which appeared in the Middle East during the late Stone Age."
"From ancient times to the present day, methods of textile production have continually evolved."
"The choices of textiles available have influenced how people carried their possessions, clothed themselves, and decorated their surroundings."
"Sources available for the study of clothing and textiles include material remains discovered via archaeology; representation of textiles and their manufacture in art; and documents concerning the manufacture, acquisition, use, and trade of fabrics, tools, and finished garments."
"Scholarship of textile history, especially its earlier stages, is part of material culture studies."