Presents a detailed analysis of the manufacture, distribution and function of clay spools in the Bronze Age textile industry of the central Peloponnese.
Alina Iancu is a textile archaeologist at the National Institute of Heritage of Romania. She completed her PhD at the University of Bucharest in 2022. Her principal field of study is ancient textile production in the Aegean and Pontic regions, with a focus on weaving and spinning, including the investigation of textile tools and textile fragments as well as written and iconography sources related with this field. Since 2023, she is a co-lider of the EuroWeb Digital Atlas of European Textile Heritage.