The Late Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri, on the island of Thera in the Cyclades, was destroyed in Late Cycladic I (contemporary with LM IA on Crete) by a volcanic eruption. In the excavated area of the town, approximately 35 houses have been located to date; of these, 11 have been either completely or partially excavated (Tzachili 2007, 191). Loom weights have only been recovered from four of the houses, however. Textiles were manufactured not only to meet the inhabitants’ own needs, but also for trade and exchange. This interpretation is supported by finds of large numbers of loom weights, as well as a Linear A inscription relating to the distribution of textiles (Del Freo et al. 2010), and artistic representations of the finished products on wall-paintings found in the excavated houses. The majority of the loom weights, which are extremely uniform in shape, weight and dimensions, appear to have fallen from the upper storeys of the buildings (Tzachili 2007, 190–191, with further references). Complex B Loom weights and weaving Only 38 loom weights from one of the buildings, Complex B, are included in the TTTC database. These loom weights obviously cannot be taken as representative of the total loom weight assemblage and thereby the textile production at Akrotiri, but it will be possible to integrate the results with future analyses. Furthermore, the study of these loom weights has made it possible to gather a considerable amount of information about what types of textiles could be produced with these specific weights. All the objects have the same date (LC I). Twenty loom weights were found together in the middle of Room B2, among a large amount of ceramic material. The remaining loom weights were found in other contexts within Complex B. The majority of the loom weights are considered to have been made in a medium production quality. All the loom weights are made of fired clay and are discoid in shape (Fig. 6.6.1). The clay of four of the weights from Room B2 is non- local. At the macroscopic level, the fabric of three of the weights is considered to possibly originate from Miletos on the south west coast of Anatolia, while the fourth visually resembles clay from the Cycladic island of Naxos. Twenty-five of the loom weights are complete or only have small fragments missing. There is no difference between the CHAPTER 6.6 Textile tools from Akrotiri, Thera, Greece Iris Tzachili, Stella Spantidaki, Eva Andersson Strand, Marie-Louise Nosch and Joanne Cutler