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THE USE OF IMAGE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE YARN TWIST LEVEL IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES
Author(s) -
CORK C. R.,
COOKE W. D.,
WILD J. P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1996.tb00781.x
Subject(s) - yarn , twist , textile , context (archaeology) , variation (astronomy) , archaeology , measure (data warehouse) , computer science , materials science , geography , mathematics , composite material , data mining , geometry , physics , astrophysics
An analysis of the structure of archaeological textiles can give an insight into different traditions, geographic origins or technologies associated with the textile production. An important parameter in this context is the level and direction of yarn twist. In this paper a new quantitative method of yarn twist measurement is described. Using image analysis techniques a measure of the mean twist level and the variation in twist can be determined. The technique is applied to a selection of woven woollen textiles from the first‐century Roman fort at Vindolanda in northern England.