What We Are Reading Today: ‘Prehistoric Textiles’

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Updated 25 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Prehistoric Textiles’

  • “Prehistoric Textiles” made an unsurpassed leap in the social and cultural understanding of textiles in humankind’s early history

Author: E.J.W.BARBER

This pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East.
Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from paleobiology and other fields, it shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has been supposed.
“Prehistoric Textiles” made an unsurpassed leap in the social and cultural understanding of textiles in humankind’s early history.

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Moths of Western North America’ by Seabrooke Leckie

Updated 04 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Moths of Western North America’ by Seabrooke Leckie

Western North America is home to a surprising array of moth species that come in a variety of colors and sizes.

This richly illustrated field guide covers 1,900 of the most commonly occurring species in the region, from the United States–Mexico border north to Edmonton, Alberta, and central British Columbia.

Images on the full-color plates are marked with arrows to help users quickly know the most important features to look for, while facing-page species accounts highlight these features and, when applicable, how they differ from those of similar species.