Towards the identification of dyestuffs in Early Iron Age Scandinavian peat bog textiles

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1910-1921

  Vanden Berghe, I ^a   Gleba, Margarita ^b   Mannering, Ulla ^b  

^a Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK/IRPA)   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaeological textiles; Dye extraction; Early Iron Age; High performance liquid chromatography; Natural organic dyes; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; DYE; EXTRACTION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRON AGE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PEATLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67649613105     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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