Abstract
This article explores women’s presence in archaic and classical Greece through the lens of weaving, a feminine activity. Using material evidence, we will delve into manual weaving work and the significance of this activity for understanding social dynamics related to feminine contexts within spaces of worship, labor, and private household spaces. We present the findings of analyses conducted on loom weights from the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo (MAE-USP) collection, fruit of the undergraduate research project ‘The Loom and the Text: Four Greek Loom Weights at MAE-USP under an Archaeological, Literary, and Historiographical Approach'
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