Coloration and Fabric Structure of Selected Polychrome Textiles from the Seip Mound Group

Toward the Classification of Colorants in Archaeological Textiles of Eastern North America

“…All pictures were taken with the samples placed on flocking paper (Edmund Scientific), which creates an optically inert background and therefore does not interfere with the optical properties of the textile to be examined. Details of the forensic photography methods are described in Baldia and Jakes (64,65).…”

Infrared Examination of Fiber and Particulate Residues from Archaeological Textiles

“…These patterns are indicative of the materials having been colored prior to their being charred. Baldia (9,41) conducted forensic photographic evaluation and suggested targeted selective sampling for further dye analysis. The charred materials, then, may hold some essential information aiding in their identification and their composition, including coloration, in the past.…”

Revealing Clues from Textile Particulate through Microscopy, Infrared Spectroscopy, and X-ray Microanalysis

“…Because differences in areas ofthe fabrics are reveated by the photography and these differences are not obvious in ordinary viewing conditions, the photographs can be used to indicate locations for future sampling from the textile so that samples may be representative of areas with chemical difference. Baldia, Jakes, and Baldia (2008) provide results ofthe photography and subsequent opticat microscopy of particutate material from selected Seip textiles. Techniques of optical microscopy, conducted using a Zeiss Axioptan Research microscope, include brightfield, darkfietd, potarized tight, and differential interference contrast techniques.…”