Provenance of Ancient Textiles—a Pilot Study Evaluating the Strontium Isotope System in Wool*

Frei, Karin Margarita; Frei, Robert; Mannering, Ulla; Gleba, Margarita; Nosch, Marie‐Louise; Lyngstrøm, Henriette Syrach

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00396.x

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“…The water soluble and/or exchangeable fractions are commonly targeted for studying biogeochemical cycling (e.g. Drouet et al, 2007;Fang et al, 2007;Frei et al, 2009;Leybourne and Johannesson, 2008;Loell et al, 2011;Miller et al, 1993;Poszwa et al, 2000;Tyler, 2004) …”

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87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

Ryan

Snoeck

Crowley

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Applied Geochemistry

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87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

Ryan

Snoeck

Crowley

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Applied Geochemistry

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“…Until recently, this question was not possible to answer, but the development of several new methodologies designed to fill this gap, can potentially provide new important information regarding the provenance of an ancient textile's raw material. These methodologies apply the Sr isotope tracing system as an archeometrical tool and include deep precleaning procedures to ensure the removal of contaminants (Frei et al, 2009a. This contribution aims at presenting the results of such methodological approaches using 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios for an attempt to define the provenance of textiles.…”

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“…On the other hand, hair has much lower Sr concentrations of ca. 0.05-15 ppm (Frei et al, 2009a). Consequently, the pre-cleaning protocol, the ion chromatographic separation of the Sr and the final mass spectrometrical analyses are more difficult because they create generally a greater methodological and analytical challenge than those for tooth enamel and bone tissues.…”

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Provenance of archaeological wool textiles: new case studies

Frei

2014

Open J Archaeometry

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In the last two decades, measurements of strontium (Sr) isotopes in archaeological bone tissues/skeletons have shown to be an effective technique for the characterisation of human and animal mobility in prehistory. More recently, this tracing system is also being applied to the investigation of archaeological textile's provenance. The importance of ancient textiles has been often underestimated, however research of archaeological textiles is currently experiencing an extremely increasing interest as the development of new methodologies, conducting experimental studies and lancing of new projects are providing an unreached amount of new information, knowledge and impressive data sets which together build the basis of novel thinking and interpretations. This manuscript aims at summarising two of the most recently developed methods that focus on the extraction of Sr from ancient non-dyed and organic-dyed wool threads from archaeological textiles in an attempt to identify if the raw materials are local or non-local to the sites. In particular, this study presents two case studies which rely on the use of these chemical protocols. The first example deals with a wool/fur sample from a modern Greenlandic Musk ox. The purpose of this study is to characterise wool from an exotic animal on the one side, and to try to establish a link between this wool and a geologically-seen ancient and very special terrain (Archaean basement rocks from the Kangerlussuaq area of Western Greenland) on which this musk ox was grazing. Our interest was focused on whether the bioavailable Sr fraction from this terrain impacted on the composition of the wool from the animal. The second case study deals with three thread samples from four ancient wool textile pieces recovered from one and the same pre-Roman Iron Age peat bog site at Krogens Mølle (Denmark). Some of these textiles have proven to be dyed with organic dyestuffs. This study therefore aimed at applying a novel pre-cleaning methodology developed for dyed (by organic dyestuffs) wool threads from ancient textiles. The outcome of these two particular studies revealed both the potential of these novel methodologies for retrieving the original Sr isotope signature of the raw material wool, and their limitations.

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“…El análisis comparado de las características técnicas (hilo, manufactura textil, bordes) nos revela que los textiles fueron producidos localmente. Las primeras isotopías de estroncio confirman este resultado (von Carnap-Bornheim, Nosch, Grupe, Mekota, Schweissing, 2007;Frei, Frei, Mannering, Gleba, Nosch, Lyngstrøm, 2009).…”

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Sobre vestimenta e identidad en el Imperio romano: el proyecto Dressid y su proyección en la investigación europea

Tellenbach¹

2016

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sobre vestimenta e identidad en el imperio romano: el proyecto dressid y su proyección en la investigación europea Michael Tellenbach1 museum Weltkulturen resumen: En nuestro proyecto multinacional e interdisciplinar (DressID), especialistas de 35 instituciones pertenecientes a 7 países europeos investigaron durante 5 años acerca de la vestimenta en su relación con las identidades dentro del primer estado multiétnico de Europa. Hubo una amplia variación de identificaciones entre los provinciales y Roma. La sociedad romana seguía la tradición griega mediterránea: Palmira en Siria fue romana sólo en la vida oficial; en Egipto lo romano coexistía con una tradición milenaria; Hispania se identificó plenamente con Roma; Europa Central se aproximaba lentamente al modelo romano y las regiones del Noroeste anhelaron poseer un carácter mediterráneo. Los vestigios materiales de la vestimenta revelan estructuras eficaces, estandars uniformes de calidad, aproximándonos a un mundo sorprendentemente moderno.Palabras clave: Toga, vestimenta en la antiguedad clásica, imperio multiétnico, identidades orientales y occidentales, tecnología textil, material y teñido textil, DressID. dress and identity in the roman empire: dressid project and its projection in european researchAbstract: In our multinational and interdisciplinary project (DressID), specialists of 35 institutions in 7 European countries did research during 5 years on dress and identities in the first multi-ethnic state in Europe. There existed a broad variation in relation to identification with Rome, which followed the Greek Mediterranean tradition: Palmyra in Syria was Roman only in public life, in Roman Egypt identity coexisted with a millennial tradition, Hispania got identified with Rome, Central Europe approximated slowly and the north-western parts adopted Mediterranean identity. Existing evidence reveals efficient structures, uniform quality-standards of yarn, weaving and loom, a surprisingly modern world.

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Provenance of Ancient Textiles—a Pilot Study Evaluating the Strontium Isotope System in Wool*

Cited by 75 publications

References 75 publications

87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

Provenance of archaeological wool textiles: new case studies

Sobre vestimenta e identidad en el Imperio romano: el proyecto Dressid y su proyección en la investigación europea

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