This week is about #archaeologicaltextiles!
In case you are at @uniarq-flul.bsky.social do not hesitate to attend!
If you want to know what's ahead,Programme 👇🧶
purpureaevestes.weebly.com/next-edition...
Can't wait !!🤗 @arrache-coeurs.bsky.social
#IXPV #PurpureaeVestes #textiles #Archaeology

Appel à communication : “Le colloque “Bast from the Past”” [English below] L’appel à communication pour le colloque international “Bast from the past” qui aura lieu du 30 au 31 octobre à l’Université de Bretagne Sud (Lorient) est ouvert jusqu’au 13 juin 2025....

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Appel à communication/Call for paper :

"The Bast from the past", 30-31.10.2025, Lorient (France).

Deadline : 13.06.2025

ℹ️ moires.hypotheses.org/5605

#archéologie #archaeology #fibres #archaeologicaltextiles #archéométrie #archaeometry

A hand is holding a knitted white tube with very fine metallic needles.

How about some knee-high colourwork socks? (collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collectio... )

10 stitches and 15 rows, knitted with 1,5mm needles, in cotton-silk blend with 800m/100g.

#CraftingScience #ArchaeologicalTextiles
#YarnCrafts
#KnitSky
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12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier.

Ever since I shared a house with @arkymorgan.bsky.social, spinning has been a subject that fascinates me. So, it's interesting to see the date for the use of spindle whorls being pushed farther back.

#spinning #ancienttextiles #archaeologicaltextiles #fiberarts #archaeology #materialculture