Textiles and Social Status. The Case of Late Medieval Elbląg
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2018 High quality textiles were unquestionably one of the most luxurious goods in the Middle Ages. Expensive fabrics, especially silks are recognised as indicators of the owner’s high social status. The excavations conducted in Elbląg (Elbing) gave rise to a
Anna Rybarczyk
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Bronze Age textile and wool economy. The case of the Terramare site of Montale, Italy [PDF]
, 2018 At the onset of the 2nd millennium bc, a wool economy emerged across continental Europe. Archaeological, iconographical, and written sources from the Near East and the Aegean show that a Bronze Age wool economy involved considerable specialised labour ...
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Material choices for fibre in the Neolithic: an approach through the measurement of mechanical properties [PDF]
, 2016 Studies of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Europe have focused on plants and animals exploited for food. However, the exploitation of plants for fibres underwent a significant change with the addition of domestic flax as a fibre crop.
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Archaeological evidence of luxury textiles from Late Antique Serdica
Българско е-Списание за АрхеологияEvidence of archaeological textiles from antiquity, and in particular of luxury textiles, has long attracted the interest of researchers. Clothing in every historical period is among the clearest markers of prestige and social status.
Iliana Borisova-Katsarova
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Metal-Decorated Textiles in Non-Destructive Archaeometric Studies. Examples from Poland
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2018 Textiles from archaeological excavations are very interesting material for analyses, due to technological skills they demonstrate, as well as a diversity of raw materials.
Beata Miazga
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Development of non-destructive methodology using ATR-FTIR with PCA to differentiate between historical Pacific barkcloth [PDF]
, 2019 Barkcloths, non-woven textiles originating from the Pacific Islands, form part of many museum collections and date back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Holmes-Smith, A. Sheila +2 more
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Tackling the technical history of the textiles of El-Deir, Kharga Oasis, the Western Desert of Egypt [PDF]
, 2020 The site of El-Deir is situated north of Kharga in the “Great Oasis” of the Egyptian Western Desert (fig. 1). The site was occupied between the 6th century BC and the 6th century AD. A complex history emerged with the influence of many cultures: Persian,
Letellier-Willemin, Fleur
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Archaeological textiles excavated at Rayy [PDF]
Techniques & culture, 2000 Pendant The Joint Expedition to Persia (1931-1936), plus de 200 fragments de tissus furent exhumes a Rayy par E. F. Schmidt dans des sites de la periode islamique. Aujourd'hui conserve dans le departement du costume et des textiles au Philadelphia Museum of Art, ce groupe de tissus, principalement en soie et en coton, presente une interessante ...
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IDENTIFYING THE MATERIALS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES
Fibres and Textiles, 2023 Given their organic origin, textiles rank among the rarest archaeological finds. While the vast majority of these artefacts are preserved as small fragments or mineralised remnants, their detailed textile technology study provides interesting and important information about the use of textile techniques and the quality of processing. The most important
HELENA BŘEZINOVÁ +2 more
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La influencia altiplánica incaica en los textiles del Período Tardío en Arica
Estudios Atacameños, 1999 Se presenta una investigación que intenta caracterizar los textiles de afiliación inca encontrados en sitios arqueológicos tardíos de Arica, norte de Chile.
Gabriela Carmona S.
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