Hello Everyone! Just a quick reminder for those of us attending the 2007 SAA conference in Austin, Texas next week that the FPIG Business Meeting with be on...
Hello all, I've attached a flyer for a symposium to be held Thursday evening at the SAAs in Austin. It will definitely have many papers of interest to people ...
Hi Everyone, Please download and read the attached letter concerning the Fiber Reference Image Library (FRIL). Please participate in this project if you are...
Chris, Any chance you could email me digital copies of the papers? I know the symposium must have gone well -- Lynn Lynn S. Teague 3728 Wilmot Ave. Columbia SC...
Lynn Teague
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May 1, 2007 5:30 pm
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I've posted the FRIL information on our listserv website under "Files". Thanks, Chris Pappas ... ...
Thanks Chris, I have already gotten two emails of support. I hope to also receive commitments from people that they will submit fiber images for the trial. I...
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May 1, 2007 10:48 pm
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Hello all, Here's an interesting piece on Inkan suspension bridges that several folks have shared with me. ...
I can hardly wait for more details following conservation. From the Associated Press: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/09/ap3704966.html By NICHOLAS...
Oxiding copper protected the fabric from decay. Some ritual artifacts and even feathers have been preserved in the SW because of the copper-based pigments with...
Greetings Everyone, I trust this email finds everyone well and enjoying the spring. It is also time to put together the summer newsletter. Please send me any...
Hi Christina, What are the membership dues for non students? Thanks, Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Kallenbach Lab Manager/Collections Museum of Natural and Cultural...
Wow, this is really neat! Remember me telling you about all of the textiles found at the bottom of the sacred cenote at Chichen Itza? I never looked to see...
Greetings Everyone, I'll be finalizing the Summer 2007 FPIG Newsletter and would like to send out a final call for any news or information for submission. I...
[Given the importance of caves and rockshelters as sources for prehistoric perishables, especially in the Southwest and northern Mexico, but in other regions...
Figurines dated 500 years before the terracotta statues of the Qin Dynasty. http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-6-25/56866.html -Ed Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD...
Call for Papers Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC March 26 - March 30, 2008 Title of Symposium: Residues of Technology:...
Schindler, William
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Jul 4, 2007 2:03 am
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Hi all, My company (Western Mapping Company) is investigating methods of creating high-resolution 3D models of perishables. We are using 3D laser scanning...
It might be helpful to talk with staff at the American Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Department; they have been creating digital images (though not...
Martha Graham
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Jul 20, 2007 4:41 pm
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Thanks, Martha. We'll take a look and let everyone know if we come up with anything. -Randy...
Archaeologists discover textile in 2500 yr old Chinese tomb Zee News [India], Aug 20 2007 Chinese archaeologists have found textiles in a mysterious tomb ...
http://www.handweaving.net/DAItemDetail.aspx?ItemID=2725 My apologies if the availability of this document online is old news here; if it is not, I am sure...
... Scott, is this the 1919 one you are looking for at Google books? http://books.google.com/books?id=gzgOAAAAIAAJ By Alfred Vincent Kidder Contributor Samuel...
Hi all, I'm hoping someone might be able to help me track down a copy of the following: Whitehead, Ruth Holmes 1987 Plant Fibre Textiles from the Hopps Site:...
UNM probably already did this, but you look up the reference on http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/ and you'll see other libraries that have it (and how far away...
Martha Graham
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Hi all, FYI. Beware, it's a 56 mb PDF. http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=15134 -Ed ... Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate Department of...
Greetings everyone! I am preparing the Winter 2008 Newsletter and wanted to send out a call for any news that folks would like to see in the upcoming...