{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Spath A"],"funding":["Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft","Sixth Framework Programme","Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg"],"pagination":["5141"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7970846"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The excellent craftsmanship of ancient Oriental and Central Asian textile dyers is already demonstrated in the remarkable brilliance and fastness of the colours of the so-called Pazyryk carpet, the by far oldest pile carpet found to date. This specimen resembles the advanced craftsmanship of Iron Age Central Asian textile production. We have employed synchrotron-based µ-XRF imaging to detect the distribution of metal organic pigments within individual fibres of the Pazyryk carpet (about 2500 years old) and compare the results to wool fibres, which we prepared according to traditional Anatolian dyeing recipes. We observe congruent pigment distribution within specimens from the Pazyryk carpet and natural wool fibres that we have fermented prior to dyeing. Therefore, we conclude that the supe"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["X-ray microscopy reveals the outstanding craftsmanship of Siberian Iron Age textile dyers."],"pmcid":["PMC7970846"],"funding_grant_id":["654360","05K16WED","GRK1896","05K19WE2"],"pubmed_authors":["Borca CN","Fink RH","Bieber M","Spath A","Meßlinger K","Meyer M","Barkova LL","Huthwelker T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"X-ray microscopy reveals the outstanding craftsmanship of Siberian Iron Age textile dyers.","description":"The excellent craftsmanship of ancient Oriental and Central Asian textile dyers is already demonstrated in the remarkable brilliance and fastness of the colours of the so-called Pazyryk carpet, the by far oldest pile carpet found to date. This specimen resembles the advanced craftsmanship of Iron Age Central Asian textile production. We have employed synchrotron-based µ-XRF imaging to detect the distribution of metal organic pigments within individual fibres of the Pazyryk carpet (about 2500 years old) and compare the results to wool fibres, which we prepared according to traditional Anatolian dyeing recipes. We observe congruent pigment distribution within specimens from the Pazyryk carpet and natural wool fibres that we have fermented prior to dyeing. Therefore, we conclude that the supe","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Mar","modification":"2025-04-22T08:19:46.517Z","creation":"2025-04-05T22:29:38.326Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7970846","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33664405"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-021-84747-z"]}}