Dyes in History and Archaeology 44
A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408). This special issue belongs to the section "Museum and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pigments; paints; dyes; art history; artists materials; paint technology
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Interests: colours and colourants; pigments; dyes; textiles; sculpture; ancient painting techniques and craft practices; noninvasive techniques; multispectral imaging
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Interests: dyes; textiles; amber; paint; archaeological residues; pyrolysis; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
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Interests: textile techniques; natural organic dyes; historical sources on dyeing; colorimetry; colour names; experimental archaeology
Interests: radiocarbon dating; dyes; textiles; rock art; DART-MS; HPLC
Interests: dyes; pigments; binding media; plastics; microfade testing; Raman spectroscopy; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; pollution offgassing; conservation science education
Interests: organic materials; chromatography; mass spectrometry; dyes; textiles; archaeological wood; Asian lacquers; Oriental art
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue features contributions from the conference DHA44. Dyes in History and Archaeology is an annual international conference that focuses on the academic discussion of dyes and organic pigments used in the past. Every year since 1982, this meeting has drawn together conservators, curators, (technical) art historians, craftspeople, artists, scientists and academics from museums, universities, research centres and other public or private institutions. The aim of the conference is to bring these specialists together to delve deeply into the history, production, application and properties of organic colourants, as well as their analytical characterisation and identification. The focus is often on textile objects, but also on other substrates as well as painted surfaces.
The 44th annual meeting was hosted in Ottawa, Canada, by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Canadian Museum of History (CMH).
For more information about future meetings of the Dyes in History and Archaeology group, see https://www.dyesinhistoryandarchaeology.com.
Dr. Jo Kirby
Dr. Joanne Dyer
Jennifer Poulin
Dr. Dominique Cardon
Dr. Rachel Lackner
Dr. Gregory Dale Smith
Dr. Diego Tamburini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dyes
- colourants
- organic pigments
- mordants
- archives
- crafts
- industry
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