OVERVIEW
Primary/Period Sources
Resources for Fashion History Research
To discover primary/period sources, explore the categories below.
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Digitized Primary/Period Sources
Tacitus, Cornelius. The Agricola ; and, The Germania. Translated by Harold B Mattingly and J. B Rives. London: Penguin, 2010. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973306571.
Secondary Sources
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Online
“Biblical Clothing.” In Wikipedia, n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biblical_clothing&oldid=811128550.
“Clothing in the Ancient World.” In Wikipedia, n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clothing_in_the_ancient_world&oldid=819924205.
The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. “Early Dynastic Sculpture, 2900–2350 B.C.,” n.d. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/edys/hd_edys.htm.
“Ötzi.” In Wikipedia, n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%96tzi&oldid=814316967.
“Timeline of Clothing and Textiles Technology.” In Wikipedia, n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_clothing_and_textiles_technology&oldid=816458486.
Books/Articles
Barber, E. J. W. Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times. New York: Norton, 1995. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60179765.
Cifarelli, Megan, and Laura Gawlinski, eds. What Shall I Say of Clothes?: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Dress in Antiquity. Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture, number 3. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2017. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/991862583.
Watson, Philip J. Costume of Old Testament Peoples. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/559416965.
- Jaana Seppälä’s Pocket Museum:
- Ancient Fashion – principally accessories
- Fashion • Ancient Accessories
