Untwisting Beycesultan Höyük

The earliest evidence for nålbinding and indigo-dyed textiles in Anatolia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3380085
AutoresÇiğdem Maner (0000-0001-5596-0963, Koç University, autor correspondente), E Abay (0000-0002-7545-6825, Ege University), Recep Karadag (0000-0003-0333-6071, Istanbul Aydın University), Emine Torgan Güzel (0000-0002-2539-9738, Heritage Preservation)
Ano2025
Volume99
Fascículo403
Páginas118-134
Data de publicação2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditoraAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2024.194
OpenAlexW4404417526
IdiomaDE
Referências citadas17

Cuneiform tablets indicate the importance of textile manufacturing in the Bronze Age Old Assyrian Colony Period and Hittite Empire, yet the organic traces of this industry rarely survive. Two burnt textile fragments found at Beycesultan offer an unexpected insight into the Bronze Age textile industry in Anatolia. Here, the authors present the results of chromatographic and microscopic analyses that indicate one fragment was made from hemp using the nålbinding, or single-needle knitting, technique and was dyed with the woad or indigo plant, while the other was a natural tabby weave. Both add to our understanding of the diversity of textile production in the Bronze Age

Ancient history · Art · Composite material · Dyeing · Indigo · Polymer science · Visual arts · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · Materials Science