the little zab river in northwestern iran rises from the mountains piranshehr and flows from the northwest to the southeast direction to join iraq from alan passage. the river basin contains a large number of ancient settlements, and its lower area that is close to the zab river has been the most interesting place for people in the neolithic age. an increasing population during chalcolithic age...

Abstract This work concerns the study of colors and dyes identified on archaeological textiles from Atacama Desert. The different garments ornaments come excavation two important pre-Columbian cemeteries Tarapacá region: Tarapacá-40 attributed to Formative period (1100 BC–660 AD) Pica-8 Late Intermediate (900–1450 AD). For first time, a multi-analytical approach with non-invasive techniques usi...

Recently there is strong interest in lightweight, flexible, and wearable electronics to meet the technological demands of modern society. Integrated energy storage devices of this type are a key area that is still significantly underdeveloped. Here, we describe wearable power devices using everyday textiles as the platform. With an extremely simple "dipping and drying" process using single-wall...

The use of nanoscale Ag in textiles is one the most often mentioned uses of nano-Ag. It has previously been shown that significant amounts of the Ag in the textiles are released upon washing. However, the form of Ag present in the textiles remains largely unknown as product labelling is insufficient. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the solid phase speciation of Ag in original...

This chapter is undertaken with a view to survey important scientific research and developmental works pertaining to antibacterial modification of textiles using nanotechnology as a new means to achieve such textiles. Inevitably, conventional antimicrobial agents and their applications to textiles are reported. This is followed by a focus on inorganic nanostructured materials that acquire good ...

The ARCADIA project focuses on methods to facilitate the interpretation and the evaluation of an archaeological ceramic heritage. It consists in developing a digitalization chain of the ceramic sherds to automatically extract and classify the patterns imprinted by potters using a carved wood wheel. In this paper, we present a pattern extraction and classification method that aims to solve these...

Microencapsulation of substances applied on textiles is a relatively new method with many advantages applied in many different fi elds. There are many effective approaches to microencapsulation for decreasing release of fragrances and active substances such as essential oils and cosmetic ingredients using cyclodextrins, yeast cells, chitosans, melamine-formaldehyde or poly(L-lactide) as wall ma...