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Gabriella Longhitano Editor & Author

Alistair Dickey is currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool. His research interests include Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age textiles from ancient Egypt. He has excavated at sites in Egypt, Cyprus, Italy, Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland. Margarita Gleba holds a PhD in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College, USA. Her interests are in pre- and protohistory of the Mediterranean region, archaeology of textiles and other organic materials, and the use of scientific methods in archaeology. Sarah Hitchens is currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests include textiles and processing implements from ancient Egypt and Nubia. She has excavated in Egypt, Mexico, Sudan and the UK. Gabriella Longhitano is an archaeologist working in Italy and Crete. She specialises in ancient textile production and related social practices. She holds a PhD in Archaeology (2019) from the University of Liverpool. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Cultural Heritage at the University of Catania.