Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii

Dyeing, especially in bright, intense colours, has been one of the methods used to embellish textiles and add to their value. A considerable dyeing industry can be shown to have existed in Pompeii. The city of Pompeii was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in AD 79, but its remains were preserved in s...

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Main Authors: Katrin Kania, Heather Hopkins, Sabine Ringenberg
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Language:English
Published: EXARC 2014-08-01
Series:EXARC Journal
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Online Access:https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10165
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spelling doaj-97d7fdbb4eb949569f9bfe24fe143b862021-06-15T15:28:50ZengEXARCEXARC Journal2212-89562014-08-012014/3ark:/88735/10165Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of PompeiiKatrin KaniaHeather HopkinsSabine RingenbergDyeing, especially in bright, intense colours, has been one of the methods used to embellish textiles and add to their value. A considerable dyeing industry can be shown to have existed in Pompeii. The city of Pompeii was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in AD 79, but its remains were preserved in situ (after Allison 1992). This includes six dyeing workshops (Moeller 1976). The six workshops, together contained between them, forty apparatus consisting of a kettle in a brick or rubble and mortar surround to house a fire for heating the kettle (A survey was undertaken in 1994; Robinson and Janaway, unpublished). The kettles were supported by a ring of material which their bottom edge rested on; thereby leaving most of the kettle bottom unsupported. The dyeing apparatus were extensively researched by Hopkins (2007, 2008) to gain a better understanding of the scale of industry.https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10165experimental archaeologydyeingtextileroman eraitaly
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author Katrin Kania
Heather Hopkins
Sabine Ringenberg
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Sabine Ringenberg
Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii
EXARC Journal
experimental archaeology
dyeing
textile
roman era
italy
author_facet Katrin Kania
Heather Hopkins
Sabine Ringenberg
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title Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii
title_short Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii
title_full Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii
title_fullStr Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Influence of the Kettle Material on Dyeing in the Industry of Pompeii
title_sort investigating the influence of the kettle material on dyeing in the industry of pompeii
publisher EXARC
series EXARC Journal
issn 2212-8956
publishDate 2014-08-01
description Dyeing, especially in bright, intense colours, has been one of the methods used to embellish textiles and add to their value. A considerable dyeing industry can be shown to have existed in Pompeii. The city of Pompeii was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in AD 79, but its remains were preserved in situ (after Allison 1992). This includes six dyeing workshops (Moeller 1976). The six workshops, together contained between them, forty apparatus consisting of a kettle in a brick or rubble and mortar surround to house a fire for heating the kettle (A survey was undertaken in 1994; Robinson and Janaway, unpublished). The kettles were supported by a ring of material which their bottom edge rested on; thereby leaving most of the kettle bottom unsupported. The dyeing apparatus were extensively researched by Hopkins (2007, 2008) to gain a better understanding of the scale of industry.
topic experimental archaeology
dyeing
textile
roman era
italy
url https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10165
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