"An economic and social history of ancient textiles, looking at what can be learned about the lives, work, and values of early women from the technological record of fabric, an industry for which women were largely responsible."@en
"New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Barber "weaves the strands of mythology and literature, archaeology, ethnology, and documented history into a rich tapestry" says John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review. Photos and drawings. Author lectures."@en
"The author presents the previously untold human side of the story of prehistoric textiles, the relations of women and their textile work to society and economics over the huge span of prehistoric and early historic times."

"Women's work : the first 20,000 years : women, cloth and society in early times"@en
"Women's work : the first 20.000 years : women, cloth and society in early times"
"Women's work: the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times"
"Women's work : the first 20000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times"
"Women's work : the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times"@en
"Women's work : the first 20,000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times"
"Women's work : the first 20000 years : women, cloth and society in early times"
"Women's work - the first 20, 000 years : Women, cloth, and society in early times"@en
"Women's work, the first 20, 000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times"@en
"Women's work : the first 20.000 years : women, cloth, and society in early times"

Women's work : the first 20,000 years : women, cloth and society in early times