New Evidence for Early Silk in the Indus Civilization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8352003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irene Good (Harvard University, corresponding author), I L GOOD, J M Kenoyer (0000-0001-6683-6968, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Richard H Meadows (0000-0003-1581-5483, Harvard University, corresponding author), R H MEADOW |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 457-466 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00454.x |
| OpenAlex | W2003107440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 12 |
Silk is an important economic fibre, and is generally considered to have been the exclusive cultural heritage of China. Silk weaving is evident from the Shang period c. 1600–1045 bc , though the earliest evidence for silk textiles in ancient China may date to as much as a millennium earlier. Recent microscopic analysis of archaeological thread fragments found inside copper‐alloy ornaments from Harappa and steatite beads from Chanhu‐daro, two important Indus sites, have yielded silk fibres, dating to c. 2450–2000 bc . This study offers the earliest evidence in the world for any silk outside China, and is roughly contemporaneous with the earliest Chinese evidence for silk. This important new finding brings into question the traditional historical notion of sericulture as being an exclusively Chinese invention
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Bombyx mori · China · Civilization · Indus · Ornaments · Sericulture · SILK · Style (visual arts) · Engineering · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Paleontology · Silk-based biomaterials and applications
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 1,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |