Writing to make textile research a more user-friendly field for researchers working in archeology and the history of Europe, Gleba (Institute of Archeology, U. College London, UK) and Mannering (Centre for Textile Research, Danish National Research Foundation, and the National Museum of Denmark) provide overviews of material and sources of evidence in 23 chapters that synthesize information on textiles and textile production in 16 European countries, overviewing the development of European textile technology and economy from prehistory to AD 400. Chapters provide historical and cultural background and overview archeological evidence of textiles and their production chronologically and thematically, with color and b&w illustrations and photos. Sources include textiles and textile tools, as well as iconography, written sources, and palaeobotanical and archaeozoological remains. The book originated from the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research at the SAXO Institute, U. of Copenhagen. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)