How long does it take to read Prehistoric Textiles?
Prehistoric Textiles by E. J. W. Barber takes about 8 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 471 pages, about 129,525 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from palaeobiology and other fields, this book shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has been supposed. Cloth making was an industry that consumed more time and effort, and was more culturally significant to prehistoric cultures, than anyone previously assumed. The textile industry is in fact older than pottery, and perhaps even older than agriculture and stockbreeding.
Subjects: Europe, Prehistoric Textile fabrics, Bronze age, Antiquities, Neolithic period, Middle East
