A tale of textiles: Genetic characterization of historical paper mulberry barkcloth from Oceania.

Humans introduced paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) from Taiwan into the Pacific over 5000 years ago as a fiber source to make barkcloth textiles that were, and still are, important cultural artifacts throughout the Pacific. We have used B. papyrifera, a species closely associated to humans,...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Peña-Ahumada, Mónica Saldarriaga-Córdoba, Olga Kardailsky, Ximena Moncada, Mauricio Moraga, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Daniela Seelenfreund, Andrea Seelenfreund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233113