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passage 1
P1
Problem ·
Obstacles to studying ancient textiles
Traditional sources (archaeological remains and texts) don't sufficiently cover textiles. Textiles are destroyed over time. The textiles that have survived were usually discarded as useless.
Success in learning about textiles ·
Researchers have overcome the obstacles
P2
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How obstacles were overcome ·
Tech advances and change in philosophy of archaeology
New methods such as radiocarbon dating, infrared photography, and isotope "fingerprinting" can reveal more about textile materials and colors. Archaeologists now preserve all objects, even those that don't seem to have value.
Example ·
Dirty linen thought useless turned out to be oldest known complete garment
P3
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Additional advance ·
We now recreate how cloth was actually produced
This allows us to generate and check hypotheses about textiles and textile production in the past.
Examples ·
Identification of loom weights, evidence that a dress adorned a small statute as opposed to a large one
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
4.
The author intends the term
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