19661
Accession Number
14231
Editor
Roy, Ashok;Smith, Perry
Title Of Article Chaper
Masking and misinterpreting cotton fibers: dangers associated with the fiber analysis of archaeological textiles
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeological conservation and its consequences: preprints of the contributions to the Copenhagen congress, 26-30 August 1996
Pages
44357
Reference Bibliography
24 bibliog. refs.
Publisher
International Institute for Conservation
Publisher City
London
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Monograph : Proceedings
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Archaeological conservation and its consequences
Meeting Country
Denmark
Abstract
Several years ago an investigation of fiber analysis was undertaken on archaeological fabrics from a site at Bab edh Dhra along the south-eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The Early Bronze Age fragments (c. 3000 BC) were consolidated with poly(vinyl acetate) resin (PVA) in the field. The disengagement of fibre from resin proved to be extremely difficult. Subsequent experimental work on the removal of fresh PVA resins from modern cotton cloth has produced results which suggests that even reversible solvent/consolidant systems can permanently affect - and compromise - fibre-related investigations. -- ICCROM
Keywords
Archaeology; Textile; Cotton; Natural fibre; Analysis; Impregnation; Consolidation; Damage due to restoration; Use in conservation; Synthetic resin -- ICCROM
pub_id
19661
Meeting Date
19960826-19960830