Tag Archives: sericulture

New Book: Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Susan Whitfield

CONTENTS EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION There was no ‘Silk Road’. It is a modern label in widespread use only since the late 20th century and used since then to refer to trade and interaction across Afro-Eurasia from roughly 200 BE to … Continue reading →

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The Mozac Hunter Silk

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Susan Whitfield

Although several scholars have tried to displace silk from its key role in trade assumed by the term Silk Road and have argued for the equal if not greater influence of other goods, the importance of silk is not so … Continue reading →

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Feeble Silkworms and Flightless Moths

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Susan Whitfield

Female moths of the Bombyx mori (left) and Bombyx mandarina (right). Credit: Markus Knaden, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. The Bombyx mori moth is well-known as producer of the silk cultivated in China for thousands of years whose technology … Continue reading →

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