Giovanni, the Vindolanda collection includes several Roman army tents made
of numerous goat hides all stitched together. One of the tents is in
near-perfect condition, it having been neatly folded and then buried in
the soil sometime toward the end of the 1st century. There are other tents
also in more partial condition. These tents are not small, being intended
to house eight to twelve soldiers. The Tandy leather company has helped
the Vindolanda Trust by concocting a formula by which the numerous leather
finds that come from Vindolanda have been beautifully conserved (the
majority of leather objects from Vindolanda are shoes). You can get more
information about this by writing to the bookstore at Vindolanda, because
I am sure there are publications relating to this (www.vindolanda.com). --
Dr. Deb
> Hi Giovanni and zooarchers,
>
> This is an interesting question and I have a related one for the list-I
> was
> recently reading a popular-audience book and the author mentioned (but
> merely referenced 'comparative anthropology') the draping of hides over
> rocks/piles of mud so as to represent the animal, kind of like a 3D
> version
> of a cave painting or primitive taxidermy, for ritual purposes. I tweeted
> about this and someone mentioned the Calusa tribe in SW Florida, but
> otherwise no leads. Does anyone have more information about this from
> ethnographic examples?
>
> Best,
>
> Suzanne
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:25 AM, giovanni de venuto <
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>
>> Dear Zooarchers
>> does anyone know etnographic examples for artisanal practices about skin
>> working that include the buring of skins in the soil?
>> Thanks,
>> Giovanni De Venuto
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch
>
> Postdoctoral Fellow
> Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
> Brown University
> 60 George Street, Providence, RI, 02912 USA
>
> Website: brown.academia.edu/SuzannePilaarBirch
> Twitter: @suzie_birch
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