La tessitura a Mozia: nuove evidenze

Abstract

The results of archaeological excavations at Motya have highlighted the importance of textile
production and the circulation of luxury goods in this nodal settlement of the Mediterranean since its
origins. In the city, warp-weighted loom is widely attested, as shown by the discovering of large quantity
of loom weights. New analyses, carried out on materials relating to textile production collected in the
archaeological excavations of over a century, and also collected in the new discoveries of the Sapienza
Expedition have suggested that tablet weaving was known in Motya.