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At the origins of textile archaeology: the destiny of textile samples in museums late 19th-early 20th century

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ID22064341
AutoresCatherine Breniquet (KHM-Museumsverband), Karina Grömer (0000-0001-5711-8059, KHM-Museumsverband)
Ano2021
Volume13
Páginas401-426
Data de publicação2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArtefact (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2273-0753 • E-ISSN: 2606-9245
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/artefact.6973
OpenAlexW3118229351
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas13

A comparative study of the history of two archaeological textile collections is presented here. The first comes from the antique cemetery of Les Martres-de-Veyre in France and is Roman. The second comes from the salt mines of Hallstatt in Austria and dates to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Both were discovered during the 19th century. Their respective history and study differ, depending on the museum where they are kept and on the scholarship traditions of the two countries. In France, the textile industry gave the first methodological frame for the study of archaeological textiles, while in Austria, laboratory’s investigations brought the first results. The paper brings also information on the restoration and the museography of the two collections

Antique · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Geography · Humanities · Textile · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts