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EXARC Journal Issue 2014/3

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Issue 2014-3
EXARC Journal

9 Articles | DOAJ | Open Access
ISSN: 2212-8956
Publishing date: August 15, 2014
đź“„ EXARC Journal 2014/3 Table of Contents
Copyrights: EXARC, 2014


Summary

Our EXARC Journal 2014/3 contains nine articles, of which 5 Mixed Matters and four peer-reviewed manuscripts of which three articles from the 8th UK EA Conference Oxford 2014. It includes various articles with an international character like two US EXARC members discussing the proof of concept of an Egyptian pulley and a colleague from Canada describing experiments with Iranian pottery decoration. From 2014 we will publish four online Issues. The last one of 2014 is to be expected by November 15th.


 

Reviewed Articles

Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii

Author(s)
Katrin Kania 1 ✉,
Heather Hopkins 2,
Sabine Ringenberg 3
Publication Date
7th UK EA Conference Cardiff 2013
***Dyeing, especially in bright, intense colours, has been one of the methods used to embellish textiles and add to their value. A considerable dyeing industry can be shown to have existed in Pompeii. The city of Pompeii was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in AD 79, but its remains were preserved in situ...

An Experimental Approach to Studying the Technology of Pottery Decoration

Author(s)
Golnaz Hossein Mardi 1 ✉
Publication Date
8th UK EA Conference Oxford 2014
***The early Middle Chalcolithic pottery tradition of Seh Gabi Tepe in Iran is called Dalma tradition. Among the different types of Dalma pottery, I have focused on monochrome painted ceramics, to investigate, by means of experimental analysis, how their decoration technology was undertaken...

Stone Tools of Shetland: Experimental Felsite Project

Author(s)
Brendan O’Neill 1 ✉,
Bernard Gilhooly 1,
Gabriel Cooney 1
Publication Date
8th UK EA Conference Oxford 2014
***The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of Britain, located northeast of the Orkney Islands and Scottish mainland. Similar to other locations in northwest Europe, during the Neolithic Period (4000-2500 cal BC) suitable lithic sources were exploited for use in the production of stone axes and other artefacts...