Short Research Reports
Production and Consumption: Textile Economy and Urbanisation in Mediterranean Europe 1000–500 BCE (PROCON)
Authors:
Margarita Gleba ,
UCL Institute of Archaeology, London WC1H 0PY, GB
Susanna Harris,
UCL Institute of Archaeology, London WC1H 0PY, GB
Joanne Cutler
UCL Institute of Archaeology, London WC1H 0PY, GB
Abstract
PROCON is a new project hosted by the UCL Institute of Archaeology, funded by a European Research Council starting grant (No. 312603). The aim of the project is to test the hypothesis that textile production and consumption was a significant driving force of the economy and of the creation and perception of wealth in Mediterranean Europe during the period of urbanisation and early urbanism in 1000–500 BCE. The overarching question to be answered is: To what extent did textile production and consumption define the development of productive and commercial activities of early urban Mediterranean societies in the Iron Age?
How to Cite:
Gleba, M., Harris, S. and Cutler, J., 2013. Production and Consumption: Textile Economy and Urbanisation in Mediterranean Europe 1000–500 BCE (PROCON). Archaeology International, 16, pp.54–58. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ai.1602