Recent analyses of the excavated textile find from Grave 35 HTR73, Kerameikos cemetery, Athens, Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 522-527

  Margariti, Christina ^a   Protopapas, Stavros ^a   Orphanou, Vassiliki ^a  

^a Ministry of Culture Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classical period; Cotton; ESEM; Excavated textiles; FTIR microspectroscopy; Greece; Silk

Indexed keywords

COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

BOMBYX MORI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 78650305080     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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