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

Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (2011) 522 e527 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Archaeological Science journal homepage: http://www. /locate/jas Recent analyses of the excavated textile find from Grave 35 HTR73, Kerameikos cemetery, Athens, Greece Christina Margariti a, *, Stavros Protopapas a, Vassiliki Orphanou b a Directorate of Conservation of Ancient and Modern Monuments, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 81 Peiraios Avenue, 10553 Athens, Greece b G’ (3rd) Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 1 Aeolou Pelopida street, 10555 Athens, Greece a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The following study presents the results of instrumental analyses performed on the excavated textile find Received 25 June 2010 HTR73 from the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens. In Greece, preservation of excavated textiles is rare, Received in revised form mainly due to the unfavourable environmental conditions prevailing. The Kerameikos textile find is from 28 September 2010 the 5th century BC, and has been preserved in association with copper, which is the most common type Accepted 5 October 2010 of preservation in Greece. Past analyses had indicated the presence of silk fibres, of the Bombyx mori silkworm, the use of which was not common in Classical Greece. In the present study, non-destructive Keywords: