Abstract
Research was conducted through the Archives of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the literature, and a questionnaire sent to museums, and regional services of the Ministry in order to provide an overview of the condition of excavated textiles. A preliminary statistical analysis of the data collected identified four types of preservation: 1) in association with a metal present (which for the vast majority of the finds is copper); 2) in association with salts (such as calcium salts); 3) incomplete burning (carbonisation); and 4) inhumation burials. It also showed that only 56% of the finds have received a conservation treatment that has been properly recorded. In addition, there were only three cases where conservators, archaeologists and textile historians had produced a common publication, indicating that collaboration between them was limited. In general, this review showed that, in contrary to the general notion, a considerable number of textiles have been preserved (90), in an excavation context, in Greece.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Textiles: History, Properties and Performance and Applications |
| Editors | Ahmed El Nemr |
| Publisher | Nova Publishers |
| Publication date | 1 Jan 2014 |
| Pages | 259-276 |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |