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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020 Here, we present and discuss the results obtained from a series of techno-morphological and compositional analyses performed on two objects from the collection of the “Emilio and Duncan Wagner” Anthropology and Natural Sciences Museum, currently ...
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Archaeological textiles excavated in Greece
Archaeological Reports, 2017This paper offers an account of the archaeological textiles excavated in Greece, consideration of the challenges one has to deal with when studying such materials and a discussion of ways to overcome them. A complete list of archaeological textiles excavated in Greece is not within the scope of this paper, since such comprehensive studies have been ...
Spantidaki, Stella, Margariti, Christina
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TEXTILES AND THE MAYA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD
Ancient Mesoamerica, 2008AbstractTextiles formed a major part of any ancient Mesoamerican economy. Based on ethnohistory and iconography, the Maya were great producers of cloth for both internal and external use. However, the archaeological identification of textile production is difficult in any tropical area because of issues of preservation. This paper examines the evidence
Chase, Arlen F. +3 more
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Rehousing a collection of archaeological textiles
The Conservator, 1998Abstract In 1996–97, the collection of over 2400 textiles from excavations of the medieval cultural levels in the city of Trondheim, Norway, were rehoused for storage and research. The new system had to be compatible with the existing high‐density mobile storage units and the demands of a research collection.
Elizabeth E Peacock, Elizabeth Griffin
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Photographic methods to detect colourants in archaeological textiles
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2007Protocols for photography of archaeological textiles to detect components of differing chemistry that are indicative of colourants were developed. Parameters of light source, camera distance, filter type, film type, film speed, and aperture size were evaluated for visible, UV-reflectance, UV-fluorescence, and infrared photography.
Christel M. Baldia, Kathryn A. Jakes
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Archaeological Textiles: A Review of Current Research
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2001▪ Abstract Archaeological textile studies are now recognized as a robust source of information for anthropological inquiry. Over the past two decades several important developments have taken place, enabling a more integrated approach to their study than in the past.
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Survival of Archaeological Textiles in an Arctic Environment
1989Beechey Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, August 1984: Beattie and co-workers from the University of Alberta opened the grave of Petty Officer John Torrington, and found his body almost perfectly preserved in ice. This was a significant moment in an on-going research project, coordinated by Beattie, to determine why all 129 crew members of the ...
Nancy Kerr, Barbara Schweger
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The Importance of Textiles in the Archaeology of the Eastern United States
American Antiquity, 1936Evidences of prehistoric textiles are sporadically encountered in the course of archaeological investigations in the Mississippi drainage area. Because of their paucity, they have been given little or no place in the consideration of the archaeological problems of this region.
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