The Provenance of Ancient Cotton and Wool Textiles from Nubia: Insights from Technical Textile Analysis and Strontium Isotopes

Wozniak, Magdalena M.; Bełka, Zdzisław

doi:10.1163/21915784-bja10019

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“…These are the first finds of south Indian/Sri Lankan glass beads in Nubian contexts; they are absent from earlier Meroitic burials and were previously restricted to port sites (Then-Obłuska & Wagner 2019). Strontium isotope studies have also identified Indian cotton cloth in a Nubian burial (Wozniak & Belka 2022).…”

Section: The Mid-first Millennium Ce: Third To Seventh Centuries Cementioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Long-Distance Connections Across the Ancient Indian Ocean

Abraham

2023

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Scholarship on the ancient Indian Ocean, which stretches deep into the previous century, is available from an array of academic disciplines including but not limited to history, archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, art history, and materials science. It spans from prehistory to the present era and includes evidence ranging from the Mediterranean to East Asia. What binds together the world of Indian Ocean research is an enduring interest in the complex maritime-based links crosscutting this space and—for archaeologists—the movements of cultural elements (objects, ideas, people, etc.) that have left behind some material trace. Recent field projects and materials science studies have greatly expanded this material database, refining (and sometimes challenging) traditional interpretations about Indian Ocean maritime relations. This review presents a streamlined perspective, focusing on recent archaeological contributions about long-distance interregional connections across the Indian Ocean from 500 bce to 1000 ce. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Anthropology, Volume 52 is October 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: The Mid-first Millennium Ce: Third To Seventh Centuries Cementioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Long-Distance Connections Across the Ancient Indian Ocean

Abraham

2023

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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Orphan crops of archaeology‐based crop history research

Fuks,

Schmidt,

García‐Collado

et al. 2024

Plants People Planet

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Societal Impact StatementAgrobiodiversity is central to sustainable farming worldwide. Cultivation, conservation and reintroduction of diverse plant species, including ‘forgotten’ and ‘underutilized’ crops, contribute to global agrobiodiversity, living ecosystems and sustainable food production. Such efforts benefit from traditional and historical knowledge of crop plants' evolutionary and cultural trajectories. This review is a first attempt at systematically gauging species representativeness in studies of archaeological plant remains. Results indicate that, in addition to discipline‐specific methodological sources of bias, modern agricultural biases may replicate themselves in crop history research and influence understandings of ‘forgotten crops’. Recognizing these biases is an initial stride towards rectifying them and promoting agrobiodiversity in both research and practical applications.SummarySo‐called ‘forgotten’ or ‘orphan’ crops are an important component of strategies aimed at preserving and promoting biodiversity. Knowledge of historical cultivation, usage, and geographic and evolutionary trajectories of plants, that is, crop history research, is important for the long‐term success of such efforts. However, research biases in the crops chosen for study may present hurdles. This review attempts to systematically identify patterns in crop species representativeness within archaeology‐based crop history research. A meta‐analysis and synthesis of archaeobotanical evidence (and lack thereof) is presented for 268 species known to have been cultivated for food prior to 1492 CE from the Mediterranean region to South Asia. We identified 39 genera with known crop plants in this geographical and historical context that are currently absent from its archaeobotanical record, constituting ‘orphan’ crops of archaeobotany. In addition, a worldwide synthesis of crop species studied using geometric morphometric, archaeogenetic and stable isotope analyses of archaeological plant remains is presented, and biases in the species represented in these disciplines are discussed. Both disciplinary methodological biases and economic agenda‐based biases affecting species representativeness in crop history research are apparent. This study also highlights the limited geographic diffusion of most crops and the potential for deeper historical perspectives on how crops become marginalized and ‘forgotten’.

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A tale of new crops in the arid Arabian Peninsula oasis from antiquity to the early Islamic period

Dabrowski,

Bouchaud,

Desormeau

et al. 2024

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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The Provenance of Ancient Cotton and Wool Textiles from Nubia: Insights from Technical Textile Analysis and Strontium Isotopes

Cited by 6 publications

References 60 publications

Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Long-Distance Connections Across the Ancient Indian Ocean

Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Long-Distance Connections Across the Ancient Indian Ocean

Orphan crops of archaeology‐based crop history research

A tale of new crops in the arid Arabian Peninsula oasis from antiquity to the early Islamic period

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