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Reconstruction of the trousers IM21 from Yanghai, Turfan, Xinjiang, China. Technology: Yanghai weft twining. © DAI EA // Domenik Schuster

Research

Research aims

Creating a representative sample collection and establishing an open digital dataset with documentation of archeologically confirmed textile and tool discoveries, based on the East Asien clothes found along the Silk Roads.

Map of the sites with originals and samples
The location of the sites in Xinjiang, China, with a selection of original textile techniques and our samples. Detailed information on techniques and age can be found in the article “Silk Road Fashion – Vielfalt im Fadenkreuz” in the DAI magazine "Archäologie Weltweit Nr. 2 / 2024, pp. 59-65. https://www.dainst.org/forschung/publikationen/archaeologie-weltweit © DAI / EA // Karte: Dominic Hosner, Abbildung: Moa Hallgren-Brekenkamp, Proben in Kooperation mit Ulrike Alps, Carol James, Ilona Fitzner, Veronika Persché
Yanghai weft twining on poncho IM21, Yanghai, Turfan, Xinjiang, China. © DAI EA // Dominic Hosner
Study and documentation of the manufacturing of a traditional Ainu Emushiatsu belt using weft twining technique, Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan. © DAI EA // Moa Hallgren-Brekenkamp
The threading cross on the loom. Definition: A threading cross in the warp is formed while warping, in order to maintain the proper order of the warp threads, generally maintained by cross-sticks (Vocabulary of technical terms, Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 2021). © DAI EA // Moa Hallgren-Brekenkamp

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