Identification of ancient textile fibres from Khirbet Qumran caves using synchrotron radiation microbeam diffraction

Martin Müller; Bridget Murphy; Manfred Burghammer; Christian Riekel; Mark Roberts; Miroslav Papiz; David Clarke; Jan Gunneweg; Emmanuel Pantos

doi:10.1016/j.sab.2004.07.018

Identification of ancient textile fibres from Khirbet Qumran caves using synchrotron radiation microbeam diffraction

Martin Müller^*, Bridget Murphy, Manfred Burghammer, Christian Riekel, Mark Roberts, Miroslav Papiz, David Clarke, Jan Gunneweg, Emmanuel Pantos

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Institute of Archaeology

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Abstract

Archaeological textiles fragments from the caves of Qumran in the Dead Sea region were investigated by means of X-ray microbeam diffraction on single fibres. This non-destructive technique made the identification of the used plant textile fibres possible. Apart from bast fibres (mainly flax), cotton was identified which was most unexpected in the archaeological context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1669-1674
Number of pages	6
Journal	Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
Volume	59
Issue number	10-11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2004.07.018
State	Published - 8 Oct 2004
Event	17th International Congress on X-Ray Optics and Microanalysis - Chamonix, Mont Blanc, France Duration: 22 Sep 2003 → 26 Sep 2003

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Archaeometry
Microbeam
Synchrotron radiation
X-ray diffraction

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