IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT
A. Abd El-Tawab, N., Marouf, M. (2010). IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 13(13), 59-72. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2010.37726
Nabil A. Abd El-Tawab; Mohamed Marouf. "IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT". EKB Journal Management System, 13, 13, 2010, 59-72. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2010.37726
A. Abd El-Tawab, N., Marouf, M. (2010). 'IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT', EKB Journal Management System, 13(13), pp. 59-72. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2010.37726
A. Abd El-Tawab, N., Marouf, M. IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 2010; 13(13): 59-72. doi: 10.21608/cguaa.2010.37726

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT

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Article 130, Volume 13, Issue 13, 2010, Page 59-72  XML PDF (10.94 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/cguaa.2010.37726
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Authors
Nabil A. Abd El-Tawab1; Mohamed Marouf2
1Conservation Dept., Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley Univ., Qena , Egypt
2Correspondence: Mohamed Marouf, an associate professor in Conservation Dept. Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt.
Abstract
Three archaeological textiles fragments from different excavations
in Sohag were investigated by means of Stereo Microscopy (SM),
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Three textile fragments
were found out in three different sites; White Monastery 'Deir elabiad'
in west of Nile river (12km) (fourth century A.D), temple of
Ramses II (1290- 1224 BC) in Akhmeem city (10km east of Nile
river) and Osireion's temple in Abydos (5000 B.C.) western-south
of Nile river (11km) .Much information has been obtained relating
identification kind of the natural fibers and their characteristic
features and the determination of the kind of weave structure
techniques used. In addition to, study of torsion of the spun yarns,
wool fibers were recognized in three fragments. Plain weave
technique together with derived weaves such as reps, whether
regular or irregular warp reps was identified. Three textile
Fragments have also been found in various states of degradation
because the fibers were extremely brittle, indicating some
degradation of the material. This article presents important results
and conclusions which may help understand origin and technology
of archaeological textiles (type of spinning and weave).
Keywords
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); natural fibers; plain weave; regular and irregular warps reps; torsion direction; Stereo microscopy (SM) and archaeological textiles
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