Approcci analitici allo studio dei tessuti

Textiles are amongst the most common objects of material culture used throughout the human past, although due to their organic nature they rarely survive in archaeological contexts. Their preservation is dependent on conditions such as extreme aridity, waterlogging, charring or mineralisation. A range of analytical techniques is used to investigate textiles, in order to ascertain their characteristics, date and provenance, reveal various aspects of their history and use. The results of these analyses allow us to learn about the culture, technology, economy and trade of the past societies as well as to reconstruct the appearance of the individual people in space and time.