First Aid for the Excavation of Archaeological Textiles

by C. Gillis, Marie-Louise Nosch

Overview

This small booklet is an important conservation guide. It deals with the special care required in order to deal with these delicate fabrics during their excavation and recording. It is included as an appendix in Ancient Textiles: Production, Crafts and Society

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782974420
Publisher:	Oxbow Books
Publication date:	03/10/2007
Series:	Ancient Textiles , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	832 KB

About the Author

Marie-Louise Nosch is Director of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen and Research Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen. She is the editor of many titles in the Ancient Textiles series.

Table of Contents

Introduction (Carole Gillis and Marie-Louise Nosch)
Guidelines for the excavation of archaeological textiles (Jana Jones et al)
The use of the digital camera for the documentation of textiles (Annemette Bruselius Scharff)