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Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has
developed into an important field of scientific study. It has
greatly benefitted from interdisciplinary approaches, which combine
the application of advanced technological knowledge to
ethnographic, textual and experimental investigations. In exploring
textiles and textile processing (such as production and exchange)
in ancient societies, archaeologists with different types and
quality of data have shared their knowledge, thus contributing to
well-established methodology. In this book, the papers highlight
how researchers have been challenged to adapt or modify these
traditional and more recently developed analytical methods to
enable extraction of comparable data from often recalcitrant
assemblages. Furthermore, they have applied new perspectives and
approaches to extend the focus on less investigated aspects and
artefacts. The chapters embrace a broad geographical and
chronological area, ranging from South America and Europe to
Africa, and from the 11th millennium BC to the 1st millennium AD.
Methodological considerations are explored through the medium of
three different themes focusing on tools, textiles and fibres, and
culture and identity. This volume constitutes a reflection on the
status of current methodology and its applicability within the
wider textile field. Moreover, it drives forward the methodological
debates around textile research to generate new and stimulating
conversations about the future of textile archaeology.
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Exhibition of National Russian Art, 17th, 18th and Early 19th Centuries
- Peasant Embroideries, Costumes, Headdresses, Hand-woven Materials, Laces, Ikons, Articles of Silver, Copper, Etc.
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B M Pushkin
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With continual themes of perfection of technique and building to
the limits of one's skill, this authoritative resource provides
in-depth instruction for mastering the craft of cabinet-making. A
bevy of topics, including the proper way to sharpen and hone tools,
hollow grinding methodology, and obtaining proper grinding angles,
are detailed in this comprehensive cabinet-making sourcebook.
Lessons devoted to using and understanding various woods, including
common or exotic pieces, learning how to read grain, and the pros
and cons in working with air-dried wood versus kiln-dried wood,
will educate any level of woodworker. Chapters devoted to re-sawing
as well as problems and concerns due to moisture content and wood
movement are also included.
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