Output details
15 - General Engineering
Manchester Metropolitan University
Article title
Identification of purple dye from molluscs on an excavated textile by non-destructive analytical techniques
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Dyes and Pigments
Article number
-
Volume number
96
Issue number
3
First page of article
774
ISSN of journal
01437208
Year of publication
2013
URL
-
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
Understanding how our ancestors produced items of outstanding beauty is of the great public interest and importance. The difficulty in analysing the artefacts lies in the need for their preservation; they must not be damaged during analysis. For the first time, using a set of non-destructive analytical techniques, we have proof that the textiles at the time of Alexander the Great were dyed using pigments extracted from molluscs. We compared different dyes and materials and have used the expertise of our international colleagues from Athens on fabrics to prove the exact colouring techniques used by our ancestors.
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
A - The Surface Engineering and Advanced Materials Group
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
