Woven, Knitted, and Wattled 17th–18th Century Textiles from Tara Fortress, Western Siberia
Woven, Knitted, and Wattled 17th–18th Century Textiles from Tara Fortress, Western Siberia
DOI: 10.17746/1563-0110.2016.44.3.093-100
T.N. Glushkova1, Y.A. Senyurina1, S.F. Tataurov2, and S.S. Tikhonov2 1Surgut State Pedagogical University, 50 let VLKSM 10/2, Surgut, 628417, Russia 2Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
During the excavations of Tara Fortress, conducted since 2009, numerous structures and artifacts made of organic materials were revealed in 17th–18th century habitation-levels at a depth of 2.5–4.0 m: remains of wooden dwellings and utility constructions; leather footwear; wooden chess-pieces; children’s toys; wooden and birch-bark vessels; churn-staffs; and birch-bark and pine-bark fl oats. A number of artifacts woven, knitted, and wattled from vegetable fi bers and horse-hair, were discovered. They fall into several categories: textiles of linen, twill, and rep weave, ropes and cords, and vessels for storing solids. Their study allowed us to reconstruct the techniques of their manufacture, to compare these artifacts with similar fi nds from Western Siberia, to assess the conditions of manufacture, and to evaluate the weavers’ skills.