Metal-Decorated Textiles in Non-Destructive Archaeometric Studies. Examples from Poland

Beata  Miazga

doi:10.23858/FAH31.2018.014

Published: 2018-12-21

Vol. 31 (2018)

Metal-Decorated Textiles in Non-Destructive Archaeometric Studies. Examples from Poland

Beata Miazga

Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH31.2018.014

Abstract

Textiles from archaeological excavations are very interesting material for analyses, due to technological skills they demonstrate, as well as a diversity of raw materials. A collection of modern textiles with metal threads excavated at various archaeological funerary sites in Poland (e.g. churches in Gdańsk, Toruń, Gniew, Lublin, Płonkowo) were analysed by non-destructive analytical methods: microscopic observations and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence. With these techniques it was determined that the most popular metal threads were made of gilded silver. Others are made of pure silver and copper.

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textile, metal threads, archaeometry, ED-XRF, microscope, Poland, Polish funerary sites

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Miazga, B. . (2018). Metal-Decorated Textiles in Non-Destructive Archaeometric Studies. Examples from Poland . Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 31, 161–167. https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH31.2018.014

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