Abstract

PERRIER, Christine  and  CALLE MORALES, Felipe de la. A Window-Frame System for the Conservation and Manipulation of Archaeological Textile Fragments. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.18, pp.33-40. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.2018.17.198.

This REPORT presents a new way to address the archaeological textile fragments from the north of Chile. It is based on the study of 16 fragmented pre-Hispanic textiles, in which the lack of information on these pieces was evident, as well as the constant risk of deterioration caused by their manipulation and, therefore, their limitation as object of study. In this context, the Archaeology Laboratory of the National Center for Conservation and Restoration (CNCR for its acronym in Spanish) in Chile developed a versatile and low-cost construction called window-frame, which is an efficient tool to safeguard the state of conservation and handling of textile fragments, while increasing their accessibility and availability for research. Such a proposal aims to reclaim the archeological textile fragments as a heritage of great importance, where their contribution is significant as a reference collection.

Keywords : archaeological textile fragments; conservation; window-frame; manipulation; research; reference collection; Chile.

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