IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS AND WEAVE STRUCTURES OF THREE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES FRAGMENTS, FROM SOHAG EXCAVATIONS, EGYPT

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1 Conservation Dept., Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley Univ., Qena , Egypt

2 Correspondence: Mohamed Marouf, an associate professor in Conservation Dept. Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt.

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Three archaeological textiles fragments from different excavations
in Sohag were investigated by means of Stereo Microscopy (SM),
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Three textile fragments
were found out in three different sites; White Monastery 'Deir elabiad'
in west of Nile river (12km) (fourth century A.D), temple of
Ramses II (1290- 1224 BC) in Akhmeem city (10km east of Nile
river) and Osireion's temple in Abydos (5000 B.C.) western-south
of Nile river (11km) .Much information has been obtained relating
identification kind of the natural fibers and their characteristic
features and the determination of the kind of weave structure
techniques used. In addition to, study of torsion of the spun yarns,
wool fibers were recognized in three fragments. Plain weave
technique together with derived weaves such as reps, whether
regular or irregular warp reps was identified. Three textile
Fragments have also been found in various states of degradation
because the fibers were extremely brittle, indicating some
degradation of the material. This article presents important results
and conclusions which may help understand origin and technology
of archaeological textiles (type of spinning and weave).

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