Investigations into the dyeing industry in Pompeii experimental archaeology and computer simulation techniques.

The scale of processing associated with the dyeing industry in Pompeii is a controversial subject. This investigation uses a new multi-disciplinary triangulated approach, providing an understanding of the significance of the industry that is grounded in engineering and archaeological principles, but...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pepper, Heather Hopkins
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : ARCHAEOPRESS, 2021.
Colección:Archaeopress Roman archaeology
Temas:
Dyes and dyeing > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city) > History.
Antiquities
Dyes and dyeing
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Antiquities.
Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents Page
  • _GoBack
  • Preface
  • Chapter Zero
  • Preface to the published thesis
  • Introduction
  • How and why the approach of this study differed
  • How location and time affected this study
  • Location
  • Study in the context of time and technological developments
  • Development of experimental archaeology
  • Overview of the study
  • Background to this study
  • New approaches within this study
  • Surveying the original apparatus in 2002
  • The survey in 2002: water supply
  • The survey in 2002: finding a 'Real Roman'
  • The survey in 2002: defining 'Recording', 'Conservation', 'Reconstruction'
  • Redefining 'experiment'
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • 'Roman' vs 'Modern' manufacturing
  • Intangible questions
  • Expansion since the doctorate was awarded
  • Presentations and publications since this thesis was submitted
  • Publications
  • In Press
  • Conferences presentations
  • Seminars given
  • Acknowledgements to the published thesis
  • Timeline of previous work relevant to this study
  • Chapter One
  • Introduction to the dyeing industry of Pompeii
  • 1.1 The significance of the scale of manufacture of textiles in Pompeii
  • 1.1.1. Aims and Objectives
  • 1.1.2. Nature of this investigation
  • 1.2 Literature Review
  • 1.2.1 Research background
  • 1.2.2 Roman Dye vat design
  • 1.2.3 The debate so far
  • I viii 19
  • Previous work: A Strengths and Weakness Analysis
  • Moeller
  • Jongman
  • Mann
  • Laurence
  • Summary
  • 1.2.4 Quantifying archaeological writing
  • Related work
  • Watling, 2004
  • 1.3 The significance of this study
  • 1.3.1 To conclude
  • 1.4 Thesis Outline:
  • Chapter Two
  • Literature Review
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Textile processing
  • 2.3 Dye types
  • 2.4 When to dye: Stage at which dyeing takes place
  • 2.5 Roman textiles
  • 2.6 Requirements for dyeing
  • 2.7 Consumables used in manufacture
  • 2.7.1 Fleece
  • 2.7.2 Mordants
  • 2.7.3 Roman dyes
  • 2.7.4 To summarise
  • 2.8 Undyed textile
  • 2.9 Process consumables
  • 2.9.1. Water supply
  • 2.9.2 Water content
  • 2.9.3 Water quality
  • 2.9.4 Reliability of ancient and modern sources on water
  • 2.9.5 Fuel
  • 2.10 Recipe directions
  • 2.10.1The Recipe used in this study
  • Recipe for mordanting
  • Recipe for mordanting:
  • Recipe for dyeing with madder:
  • Times for recipe
  • 2.11 Removing the water
  • 2.12 Quantity of textile
  • 2.12.1 Roman garments
  • 2.12.2 Pictorial representation of Roman dress
  • 2.12.3 Problems with depiction
  • 2.13 Population
  • 2.14 Intangible evidence
  • 2.15 Summary
  • Chapter Three
  • Experimental Replica
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 A differing approach
  • 3.3 Experimental archaeology
  • 3.4 Constructing the apparatus
  • 3.5 Experiment One: Preliminary experimentation
  • 3.6 Experiment Two
  • 3.6.1 Hypothesis
  • 3.6.2 Apparatus
  • 3.6.3 Diagram
  • 3.6.4 Method
  • 3.6.5 Results
  • 3.6.6 Discussion

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