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COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND TRANSFORMATIONS

The widespread presence of textile tools in the Bronze Age so called terramare settlements of the Po plain has hinted at the general existence of local textile production. A study of the archaeological evidence in the area suggests that at specific locations textile manufacture could have been could have been not only very intense, thus likely aiming at producing goods for export, but also that it might have been focused on specific kinds of production. Textile production is a complex endeavour and requires a long chaîne opératoire from fibre production to fabrics. This paper analyses weaving practices – indeed one of the final stage of the production chain - through the evidence for clay loom weights, suggesting the spread use of vertical warp-weighted looms in the area. Changes in the taxonomic characteristics of the loom weights suggest also that weaving was a dynamic practice and that a continuous development, reasonably in response to what we might call “market-related” factors, took place. This paper argues that the adoption of a community of practice model as a frame of reference is powerful tool not only to understand variations in weaving practices, but also to envision changes and transformation as to patterns of specialisation during the Middle and Recent Bronze in northern Italy. Author(s): Sabatini, Serena (University of Gothenburg)