Textile Workshop 2015

Plant to Cloth: Latest in archaeological plant fibre research

• Date: 25 March 2015, 13:00-16:00 

• Place: McDonald Institute Seminar Room,  McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK

• Organiser: Margarita Gleba (McDonald Institute)

Program

13:00-13:20 Susanna Harris (University College London): Building a plant fibre reference collection with research potential 

13:20-13:40 Margarita Gleba (University of Cambridge): Plant fibres in ancient Europe – raw material, technology and social change 

13:40-14:00 Hero Granger Taylor (London): Spliced linen yarns of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages - comparing Egyptian representations of flax/linen processing with traditional Far Eastern practice 

14:00-14:20 Stella Spantidaki (University College London): Plant fibre textiles in ancient Greece 

14:20-14:40 Robyn Veal (University of Cambridge): Plant fibre textiles from Pompeii – preservation, conservation and opportunities 

14:40-15:00 Bruce Clark (The Economist): Linguistics of linen in the Hebrew Scriptures 

15:00-15:20 Penelope Walton Rogers (Anglo-Saxon Laboratory): Plant-fibre textiles and the burial ritual: a case study from Merovingian Germany

15:20-16:00 Discussion