id
	13149
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13149
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	From textiles to sheep: investigating wool fibre development in pre-Roman Italy using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Creator
	Gleba, Margarita
Date
	2012
Language
	eng
Abstract
	The first diachronic investigation of wool fibre from Italian pre-Roman archeological contexts was carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A total of 22 archaeological wool samples from 10 Italian and one Austrian site dating from the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period were analysed. The results demonstrate the processing of wool and development of sheep fleece from primitive wool with very fine underwool and very coarse kemps to the disappearance of kemp and coarser but more uniform fleece. By the end of the Iron Age several fleece qualities coexisted in Italy, possibly indicating the presence of different breeds. Classification of the wool qualities based on existing systems was problematic leading to a conclusion that a more nuanced approach to the classification of archaeological material is needed.
Is Part Of
	Journal of Archaeological Science
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.021
Issn
	0305-4403
Issue
	12
Pages
	3643-3661
Short title
	From textiles to sheep
Uri
	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440312002786
Volume
	39
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/U6RD4YUP/item-list

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