Dear Mel,
Two more Ryder papers which might be useful:
Ryder, M. (1989).
Possible skin and hair fibres. In Wilsford Shaft:
Excavations 1960-2. M. Bell. London, English Heritage
Report 11: 121-124. [Analysis of possible hair and skin]
Ryder, M. L. (1992).
“Iron Age, haired, animal skins from Hallstatt, Austria.” Oxford Journal of Archaeology 11(1): 55 - 67.
[A study of 229 skins bearing hair or wool from bags and
clothing 87% from livestock 8% from cattle, 22% from goats,
70% from sheep. Sheep 61% from hairy medium type; 5% hairy
type, 32% of textiles were wild-type coat (no fleece) and
2/3 Mouflon colour pattern, while the remainder had a range
of colours. Cattle were brown and two thirds of the goats
were black. Also chamois, ibex, dog, small fur-bearers.]
Best wishes
Dale
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Dale Serjeantson
Department of Archaeology
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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