Hi,

Alice Kehoe asked me to forward this to the list.

(scroll to last photo)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7758986.stm

Happy holidays to all, Ed

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
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Request for Information

        As always, please submit any information you would like to share with FPIG members to the co-chairs. In particular, we are interested in your research interests, any publications, reviews of conferences, and upcoming events of interest to the group. We would urge anyone presenting a paper on fiber perishables at an upcoming conference to let us know so we can announce them to the interest group prior to the meeting.  Thanks All!  

Sarah Dost (sdost46@...)
and
Wm. Randy Haas, Jr. (wrhaas@...)

Kimmirut site suggests early European contact

http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/80912_1516.html

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
http://www.perishabletechnology.org

Melting alpine glaciers are revealing fascinating clues to Neolithic life in the
high mountains.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580294.stm



Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
http://www.perishabletechnology.org

Woven Treasures of Yunnan

  Travel back in time with the Lindens to China's culturally-diverse, ethnic villages, and bask in the dynastic charm and modern comforts of the Linden Centre in China's southwest Himalayan foothills (7,000 feet elevation).  The Lindens have been living in China since 1984. Their twenty-plus years of contacts will ensure that all participants see and experience aspects of China unknown to other visitors. The Lindens' historical and anthropological teachings will be complemented by Karon Winzenz,  former art professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with 30 years  experience in teaching traditional textile techniques as well as being a successful textile artist and an art gallery director and collection curator. Karon has two Master's- in Art History and Studio Art- and will be a valuable resource and hands on leader so that you may understand and apply these centuries old artisan traditions.

November 4-20 (16 days)
$3700, all inclusive except for airfare to and from Yunnan
For more information contact Brian or Jeanee Linden at 920-854-2487 or email us at: lindensgallery@...
Also see our website: www.lindens.cn

Andean Textile Symposium
Honolulu, Hawaii
September 24-27, 2008

This session is sponsored by The REED FOUNDATION

Speakers will include:
Vicki Cassman "Chinchorro Twined Shrouds (8000-2000BC)"
Amy Oakland  "The String or Grass Skirt; an Ancient Costume of the Southern
Andes"
Sophie Desrosiers "Revisiting the Ocucaje Tunic from the Textile Museum;
   Washington, D.C.:Textile Models and the Process of Imitation"
Ann Rowe "Spinning Pattern"
Ana Roquero "Identification of a Red Dye in an Ancient Textile from the Andean
Region"
Liliana Ulloa  "Tunics from the Azapa Valley, Formative Period: A New Weaving
Tradition at the Lower Valleys"
Wynne Minkes ""Warp the Loom and Wrap the Dead: Trapezoidal Shaped Textiles
from the Chiribaya Culture, South Peru (900-1400 AD)"
Elena Phipps "A Shaped Garment with Discontinuous Warps from the Southern
Andes"
Carolina Aguero "A Semi-Trapezoidal Tunic with Curved Borders; The
Pica-Tarapaca Complex of North Chile (900-1450AD) and Strategies of Territorial
Control"

Information about the conference can be found at:
http://textilesociety.org/symposia_2008.htm

Thanks--
Elena

Elena Phipps
Senior Museum Conservator
Textile Conservation Dept
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10028

tel: (212) 650-2465
email: elena.phipps@...

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/20/rope-cave-egyptian.html

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
http://www.perishabletechnology.org

A Call for Papers

The Society for American Archaeologist's Fiber Perishables Interest Group will be sponsoring a symposium at the conferences 74th annual meeting in Atlanta, GA (April 22 - 26, 2009):

Second Impressions: Alternative Methods for Exploring Archaeological Perishables

Perishable artifacts are ephemeral, and infrequently represented in the universe of archaeological sites. As perishables research advances, analysts are exploring a veritable new frontier of techniques for the study of perishable artifacts and traditions. A slew of analytical techniques may greatly expand what researchers know about the perishable artifacts from various regions and cultures even where the traditionally focused on perishable artifacts, namely textiles or baskets, are not preserved for direct observation. This expanded analytical base includes but is not limited to: employing technologies or computer-based software for anything from a myriad of artifact-specific analyses to regionally specific distributional analyses; chemical analyses of organic residues where they are present on more durable artifacts; an expansion of the types of perishable artifacts considered for physical analyses to include composite artifacts with an organic component; and, indirect analyses through impressions or casts of textiles or baskets, or their portrayal in other media, such as carvings, sculptures, paintings, or murals. The aim of this symposium is to bring these methods and techniques into focus and to consider what they have to offer perishables research as well as more general historical and archaeological pursuits.

If you are interested in contributing a paper for this session, please contact Sarah as soon as possible with a short description of your proposed paper topic (no later than August 30th). Her e-mail address is sdost46@... and her snail-mail address from June 1- August 30 2008 is 351 Stockholm St. Apt. 2R, Brooklyn, NY, 11237, USA.

Sarah L. Dost
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
Mercythurst College
Erie, PA, 16501 USA
sdost46@...

       

Analysis of Rare Textiles from Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans
Produced Fine Fabrics
Newswise [USA], 16-Apr-2008

Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the
treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copan ruins
in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement.
Textiles conservator Margaret Ordoņez, a professor at the University
of Rhode Island, spent a month at the site in 2004 examining 100
textile samples found in a tomb, and since then she has been
analyzing tiny fragments of 49 samples she brought back to her lab
to see what she could learn from them. The tomb, one of three
excavated by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania, was
of a woman of high status who was buried during the 5th
century. "What was most amazing was that there were as many as 25
layers of fabrics on an offertory platform and covering pottery in
the tomb, and they all had a different fabric structure, color, and
yarn size, so it's likely that the tomb was reopened â€" perhaps
several times -- and additional layers of textiles were laid there
years after her death," said Ordoņez.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/539875/

[repost from ArchNews Yahoo group]

Come and join us at

Brief piece about some new research on Viking
textiles.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080227-viking-picture.html

-Ed

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
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All,

A friend sent this to me. Please spread the word.

The Design Studies Department at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a curator for the Helen
Louise Allen Textile Collection, who will take
leadership in managing all phases of collection
operations in addition to facilitating the integration
of this outstanding textile collection within the
intellectual and cultural life of the campus and
community. As one of the largest university-based
collections in the United States, the HLATC includes
approximately 12,000 artifacts, with particular
strength in ethnographic textiles, and a commitment to
developing the collection of twentieth and
twenty-first-century textiles. The size and scope of
the collection, along with the related Ruth Ketterer
Harris textile library, constitute a major resource
for textile students and scholars. We take particular
pride in the fact the collection is strongly
integrated into the teaching mission of the
university. Classes and individual students are
allowed access to collection holdings on a regular
basis. In the near future, the collection will be
moving into a new facility, affording the curator an
opportunity to play a major role in conceptualizing
the physical aspects of collection storage and
operations. Within the next year a new textile study
center will be created, drawing on the department's
considerable strengths in textile history, textile
science, and textile art/design, and a growing base of
community volunteers.

http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_058430.html

-Ed

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
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----- Original Message -----

From: Christina Pappas

To: Perishable Technology

Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:04 PM

Subject: [Perishable_Technology] News for the Newsletter

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 newsletter.  Conferences, call for papers, research synopses, whatever you think may be of interest.  Please send me what you have no later than Friday, February 8 at this email address (chrispappas007@gmail.com).  I will post the newsletter to the Perishable Technology homepage once it is completed (and I'll post a note when I do so).  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Chris Pappas
Co-chair, Fiber-Perishable Interest Group
Society for American Archaeology
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY  40506

Hi all,

FYI. Beware, it's a 56 mb PDF.

http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=15134

-Ed
--- "Roxlau, Blake R., NMDOT"
<Blake.Roxlau@...> wrote:

> Date:         Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:30:55 -0600
> From: "Roxlau, Blake R., NMDOT"
> <Blake.Roxlau@...>
> Subject: High Rolls Cave Report
> To: NMAC-L@...
>
> [This is a NMAC-L posting. Use your reply function
> with care.]
>
> The final report: High Rolls Cave: Insectos,
> Burritos, Y Frajos; Archaic
> Subsistence in Southern New Mexico prepared by the
> Museum of New Mexico,
> Office of Archaeological Studies is now available on
> the NMDOT website.
> The excavation recovered many perishable items such
> as sandals, seeds,
> fiber, and other plant remains and the report
> includes a wealth of
> information regarding Archaic subsistence.  I'm sure
> this work will be a
> significant contribution to our understanding of
> Archaic culture.
>
>
>
>
>
> Use the attached link or go to the NMDOT website
> (www.nmshtd.state.nm.us
> <http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/> ), go to "site
> index", then "cultural
> resources", then "publications" at the lower left of
> the page.
>
>
>
> http://nmshtd.state.nm.us/main.asp?secid=15134
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Blake Roxlau
>
> NMDOT Cultural Resources Program Manager
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all
> attachments is for the sole use of the intended
> recipient(s) and may contain confidential and
> privileged information. Any unauthorized review,
> use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless
> specifically provided under the New Mexico
> Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the
> intended recipient, please contact the sender and
> destroy all copies of this message. -- This email
> has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email
> System.
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>


Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
http://www.perishabletechnology.org

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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 they are).  I have found it pretty useful -- you can always
call the other libraries directly.  Hope this helps -- Martha

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To: perishable_technology@yahoogroups.com
From: edjolie@...
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 07:52:34 -0700
Subject: [Perishable_Technology] looking for a reference

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: BkCp-1.
Curatorial Report 59, The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.

UNM's interlibrary loan service gives up pretty easily and so I've had no luck
finding it. It's only about 75pp, I think, so I'd be willing to pay for a
photocopy if someone has access to it. If there's interest, since it seems hard
to come by, I could turn it into a PDF too.

Thanks, Ed
Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551
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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: BkCp-1.
Curatorial Report 59, The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.

UNM's interlibrary loan service gives up pretty easily
and so I've had no luck finding it. It's only about
75pp,  I think, so I'd be willing to pay for a
photocopy if someone has access to it. If there's
interest, since it seems hard to come by, I could turn
it into a PDF too.

Thanks, Ed

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
http://www.perishabletechnology.org


      
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At 02:04 AM 9/28/2007 -0000, you wrote:
>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 some of you will as glad as I am to have
>it available in digital format. The parent website is likely also to
>be of interest. I am reposting this from my "cave_archaeology" Yahoo
>group, and have not begun to search through other documents avialable
>at <www.handeaving.net>.
>
>If anyone is aware of a URL at which any of the three "companion"
>volumes (Kidder & Guernsey 1919, Guernsey 1931, Nusbaum, Kidder &
>Guernsey 1922) are available, please let me know.

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 J. Guernsey
Published 1919 Govt. print. off.
Download PDF - 10.0M

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 some of you will as glad as I am to have
it available in digital format. The parent website is likely also to
be of interest. I am reposting this from my "cave_archaeology" Yahoo
group, and have not begun to search through other documents avialable
at <www.handeaving.net>.

If anyone is awear of a URL at which any of the three "companion"
volumes (Kidder & Guernsey 1919, Guernsey 1931, Nusbaum, Kidder &
Guernsey 1922) are available, please let me know.

Best,

Scott

Archaeologists discover textile in 2500 yr old Chinese tomb
Zee News [India], Aug 20 2007

Chinese archaeologists have found textiles in a mysterious tomb 
dating back to nearly 2,500 years in eastern Jiangxi province, which 
could rewrite the history of the booming nation's textile sector, the 
state media reported. The textiles, which are well-preserved and 
feature stunning dyeing and weaving technologies, will rewrite the 
history of China's textile industry, says Wang Yarong, an 
archaeologist who has been following the findings in the textile 
sector for more than three decades. "Chinese anthropologists suspect 
the textile industry burgeoned in distant periods of history and this 
is the first piece of concrete evidence to support their hypothesis," 
she said. Wang and her colleagues found more than 20 pieces of fine 
silk, flax and cotton cloth in 22 of a total 47 coffins unearthed 
from the tomb in Lijia village of Jing'an county. "Most of them are 
fine fabrics and the largest piece is 130 cm long, 52 cm wide and 
woven with complicated techniques," said Wang, a researcher with the 
Textiles Preservation Centre of the Beijing-based Capital Museum.

http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=389891&sid=FTP

Hi all,

I know some of you heard about this before it was
published, but I guess it just came out in Journal of
Field Archaeology.

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/822/4

If anyone can acquire a PDF copy of it I'd appreciate
it and can post it to the list's webpage for everyone.

Best, Ed

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

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The article title is funny, but the piece provides
some useful information on the finds.

http://www.sun-herald.com/Newsstory.cfm?pubdate=081507&story=tp1ch7.htm&folder=N\
ewsArchive2

-Ed

Edward A. Jolie, MA, RPA - PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

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Thanks, Martha.  We'll take a look and let everyone know if we come up
with anything.

-Randy

Hi all,

My company (Western Mapping Company) is investigating methods of
creating high-resolution 3D models of perishables. We are using 3D
laser scanning technology, which is an instrument that records shapes
and sizes of objects with non-destructive laser measurements.

The problem we have with many perishables, is that they are not rigid,
so the shape of the object changes whenever we have to move the object
during the laser scanning process.  We are wondering if any of you in
your analysis or conservation efforts, have come across a method to
effectively suspend perishable objects (namely, basketry) without
compromising the structural integrity of the object.

Also, any other thoughts on precautions or handling during this
process would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Randy

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 candidate
Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico
MSC01 1040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Cell Phone: (505)850-0551

Perishable Technology Research and Consulting
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[Given the importance of caves and rockshelters as sources for
prehistoric perishables, especially in the Southwest and northern
Mexico, but in other regions as well, I feel that it is appropriate
to post this here. We would be very interested on papers that report
on perishable cave assemblages in context. --Scott]


*****Please disseminate and forward freely*****

Call For Papers, 2008 Society for American Archaeology Meeting,
Vancouver: North American Cave Archaeology


Scott Nicolay and Joel Craig Williams are planning a double session
on cave archaeology in North America for the 2008 SAA Meeting in
Vancouver. The combined abstract for both sessions follows:


Dark Origins and Bright Futures: Speleocentric Approaches to the
Archaeology of Caves in North America

Even before archaeology existed as a discrete discipline,
archaeologists sought out caves and rockshelters for the excellent
preservation of their protected deposits. This made caves ideal for
addressing many research questions, yet little research examined the
actual purposes for which prehistoric people entered caves. These
two sessions will present speleocentric research from across North
America that recognizes prehistoric cave activity as qualitatively
different from surface activity and primarily religious in nature.

The sessions will be divided geographically, with the eastern half
covering the Mississippi Valley and all archaeological areas to the
east, and the western half covering the Plains, Rocky Mountains,
Central Texas and the Trans-Pecos, the Southwest, the Great Basin,
the Plateau, California, the Northwest Coast, Alaska and the
Aleutian Islands, as well as the Mexican states of Chihuahua,
Sonora, Durango, Coahuila, Baja California Norte y Baja California
Norte Sur, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leon. We
welcome papers addressing not only the use of caves, but all types
of earth openings, including but not limited to rockshelters, lava
tubes, fissures, earth cracks, sinkholes, and travertine pits.
Papers taking a broader extra-regional approach will be distributed
as best we see fit. Papers on sites in Canada and northern Mexico
are of special interest. Joel Craig Williams will chair the eastern
half, and Scott Nicolay, the western half. It is our goal at the
outset to seek a university press publishing contract for the
combined symposium papers as an edited volume.

Scott Nicolay, Shiprock, NM / Joel Craig Williams, St. Louis, MO

Please send all abstracts and/or questions to Scott Nicolay at
matariki1@... as Craig will be in the field much of the
summer.