Elizabeth Barber, the author of both Prehistoric Textiles, a comprehensive work on cloth in the early cultures of the Mediterranean, and also of Women's Work, a more general account of early cloth manufacture, is an expert authority on textiles in ancient societies.
i have a question. here, 'a comprehensive work' is used to modify Prehistoric Textiles'. but i remember that possessive noun "of-phrase" cannot be modified.
This construction is 100% correct here. The phrase "a comprehensive work on cloth in the early cultures of the Mediterranean" is an appositive phrase that correctly modifies "Prehistoric Textiles."
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