Review article

The Archaeology of Textiles – Recent advances and new methods

Lise Bender Jørgensen ; NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of archaeology and Religious Studies, Trondheim, Norway
Karina Grömer ; Naturhistoriches Museum Wien, Prähistoriche Abteilung, Wien, Austria

Abstract

Archaeology of textiles has seen rapid development in recent years. The paper presents an overview of current knowledge on prehistoric textiles from Europe, surveying recent advances in methods of analysis such as fibre and dyes analysis, radiocarbon dating, and strontium isotope analysis that is promising to allow provenancing of textile fibres such as wool, fax or nettle. Experimental archaeology as a tool in textile studies will also be discussed.

Keywords

Prehistoric textiles; textile analysis; fibres; dyes; experimental archaeology

Hrčak ID:

106453

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/106453

Publication date:

20.12.2012.

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