Mineralized textile fragment on the surface of a thin copper-based plate from the Nausharo site (IMAGE)

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Mineralized textile fragment on the surface of a thin copper-based plate from the Nausharo site

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Mineralized textile fragment on the surface of a thin copper-based plate from the Nausharo site (Kachi-Bolan region, Balochistan, Pakistan), dating from the first half of the 3rd millennium BC. The weaving technique, a balanced plain weave, is directly identifiable. The textile fibers show simultaneously a mineral character with various dense copper compounds and an organic signature derived from the original cellulose.

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Image credit: Christophe Moulhérat

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