Textile Workshop 2014

New directions in archaeological textile research 

11 March 2014, 14:15-17:00 

McDonald Institute Seminar Room 

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

University of Cambridge, UK 

Program

14:20-14:40 Marie Louise Stig Sørensen (University of Cambridge): CinBA project 
14:40-15:00 Margarita Gleba (University of Cambridge): PROCON project 
15:00-15:20 Susanna Harris (University College London): Iconography of clothing and textiles: potential as a source material 
15:20-15:40 Joanne Cutler (University of Copenhagen, Denmark/University College London): Interweaving threads: interpreting the material evidence for textile production and textile technology in Neopalatial Crete 
15:40-16:00 Cecilie Brøns (University of Copenhagen, Denmark): Detecting ritual textiles in Greek sanctuaries in the 1st millennium BC 
16:00-16:20 Luise Ørsted Brandt (University of Copenhagen, Denmark): Analysis of ancient DNA from archaeological textiles 
16:20-17:00 Discussion