Contextualising Textiles: Using the Bolton Museum Collection to Explore Social and
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Archaeology Classics and Egyptology
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Ian Shaw (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Sarah Hitchens (Student) |
| Description | I have discovered the ups and downs of working in collaboration with another institution. I have also discovered that traditional methodologies used in the analysis of archaeological textile implements and textiles for my topic do not work and am in the process of furthering established methodologies and testing new methods. |
| Exploitation Route | Other researchers will be able to apply my methodlogy to similar studies that are looking at both textiles and their processing implements. |
| Sectors | Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |