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The Wool Age project investigates the emergence of wool production in prehistoric Britain and its societal impacts. By analyzing various archaeological evidence, it aims to understand how the introduction of wool-bearing sheep transformed pastoral practices and social organization during the Bronze Age.
The story of European prehistory is written in durable materials – stone, bronze and iron define the major archaeological periods and are taken to have shaped corresponding societies.
Perishable materials, such as wool, have comparatively little impact on our understandings.
However, wool production is highly demanding on societal and economic organisation and produces its own embodied experiences through seasonal production cycles.
The earliest domesticated sheep had a hairy fleece, unsuitable…
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
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