CTD 446 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Purified Water, Potassium Carbonate, Fabric Structure
27 Mar 2019
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Chapter 3: records of the types of dress. Primary sources: enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened at actual event. Interprets or analyzes a historical event or phenomenon: generally, at least one step removed from the event, author"s research is based on both primary sources. Archaeological textiles preservation in the field: pseudormorphs, desiccated, saturated, charred frozen. Preservation: desiccation egypt, southwest, cold siberia, alaska, water florida sink hole, ireland bog, charring north america, mineralization north america, europe. Hopeful culture overview: 100 bc to ad 500, known for mound sites, settlement areas ny, ks, fl, mi, distinctive and expensive artifacts, cremation burial practices. Mound: burial mounds, earthworks, effigy mounds, textiles were purposely used in burial rituals, fabric structure appears to vary between each site, fabrics differ in some aspect between sites that are geographically close or far. Experimental studies: ammonia combinations, potassium carbonate combinations, deionized water combinations. Portraits and paintings: realistic, metaphorical, glamour shot.
