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A n update on the evidence for archaeological finds of cotton and the interpretation of the documentary evidence for cotton growing in Roman Egypt and neighbouring provinces.
In C. Bouchaud and E. Yvanez (eds.), Cotton in the Old World, Proceeding of the conference held in May 2017 at the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Revue d’Ethnoécologie 15
Tightening the thread from seed to cloth. New enquiries in the archaeology of Old World cotton: a case for inter-disciplinarity2019 •
This paper explores the textual and archaeological evidence for the introduction and cultivation of Old World cotton in ancient Babylonia, roughly cor- responding to modern Iraq south of Baghdad. While the references to cotton cultivation in the royal in- scriptions of the 7th century BC Assyrian king Sennacherib have been known for long, the convincing identification of cotton with the term kiṭinnû in the Babylonian language is relatively recent. Apart from reviewing the linguistic and contextual evidence for the identification of kiṭinnû with cotton, this paper will also consider the dispersal routes and the likely modes of cultivation for cotton in Babylonia.
Plants and People in the African Past Progress in African Archaeobotany (ed. A.-M. Mercuri, A. C. D'Andrea, R. Fornaciari, A. Höhn, springer)
Cottoning on to Cotton (Gossypium spp.) in Arabia and Africa During Antiquity2018 •
The occurrences of cotton in texts and in the archaeological record (seeds, fibres and textiles) demonstrate the emergence of cotton production centres in north-eastern Africa and western Arabia during the 1st–4th centuries AD, which is concurrent with an increase of cotton trade. These finds could correspond to any of the two Old World domestic cotton species: Gossypium arboreum L., probably domesticated in the Indus valley and traded since the 3rd millennium BC, or Gossypium herbaceum L., an African species about which very little is known, beside its presence in Nubia during Antiquity. Our paper reviews the archaeobotanical, textile and textual data from north-eastern Africa and western Arabia, with specific attention to several sites located in Central Sudan (Muweis), Lower Nubia (Qasr Ibrim), western Egypt (Kellis, Amheida) and north-western Arabia (Madâ’in Sâlih/Hegra). The intention of this review is to a) document how cotton production was integrated into agrarian and trade economies and b) examine current hypotheses regarding the diachronic distribution of the two species. The results highlight the importance of cotton in different agrosystems from the 1st–2nd centuries AD. In Central Sudan, Nubia and Dakhleh oasis, cotton cultivation appeared together with other new tropical/sub-tropical crops, such as sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor) and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum subsp. glaucum). This was not the case in north-western Arabia. It seems that cotton production occurred at first as small-scale experiments before scaling up during the 3rd century AD, in conjunction with the spread of the water-wheel in the Nile valley. Cotton in Nubia, and possibly in other neighbouring areas, probably belonged to the African species G. herbaceum, which was in all likelihood domesticated in southern regions, perhaps Ethiopia. We suggest that the increase of exchanges across the Indian Ocean during Antiquity created a favourable context for the emergence of cotton production and its relative expansion before the Islamic period.
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The conclusive evidence of existence cotton plant in ancient Egypt and used it in Mummification process case study from Roman PeriodC. Bouchaud and E. Yvanez (eds.), Cotton in the Old World, Proceeding of the conference held in May 2017 at the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Revue d’Ethnoécologie 15
Cotton in ancient Sudan and Nubia: archaeological sources and historical implications2019 •
Since Pliny the Elder described the “wool-bearing trees” of Aethiopia in his Natural History, the cultivation of cotton has been a well-known aspect of the textile production of ancient Sudan. It was confirmed during the first decades of Sudanese archaeology by the discovery of many cotton textiles found in Meroe and Lower Nubia, and more recently completed by several archaeobotanical studies conducted in the same regions. The aim of this article is to survey the whole span of data pertaining to cotton in ancient Sudan, collecting information from different sources and chronological periods, so as to trace the evolution of cotton production from the Meroitic to the medieval times. New discoveries have led to a regain of interest for textile research in this part of the world, which will help us contextualize cotton cultivation within the wider framework of clothing and social display, as well as textile craft and the organization of the economy. This multi-disciplinary approach will highlight the important role of Sudan and Nubia in the development of cotton production and exchange in the ancient world.
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Domestication and varietal diversification of Old World cultivated cottons (Gossypium sp.) in the Antiquity2019 •
Textile use of the cotton fibres from the Old World species Gossypium arboreum (Tree Cotton) and G. herbaceum (Levant Cotton) started around eight thousand years ago and possibly earlier. During the third millennium before the present, cotton cultivation, textile use and trading developed strongly in many places of the Indian Subcontinent and the Near East, but the species involved are often undetermined. Gossypium arboreum and G. herbaceum are difficult to distinguish morphologically when dealing with archaeological remains. Many traditional varieties have been described for each of these two species; an evolution is apparent from perennial, rather primitive forms through to annual varieties and modern phenotypes, with adaptions to cultivation in diverse conditions, including cold climates and short summers. The present work examines which varieties could have been cultivated in the Antiquity and in which regions had cotton cultivation spread then. Some extant varieties are hypothesized as close to the cultivars of Antiquity. The geographic distribution of each species probably reflects the initial domestication region and the subsequent adaptations, particularly regarding climate. Recent progress on ancient DNA analysis should permit easier specific assignments of archaeological remains of cotton seeds, fibres, threads or fabrics.
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Cotton cultivation and textile production in the Arabian Peninsula during antiquity; the evidence from Madâ’in Sâlih (Saudi Arabia) and Qal’at al-Bahrain (Bahrain)2011 •
Bouchaud C., Tengberg M., Dal Prà P.
Cotton cultivation and textile production in the Arabian Peninsula during Antiquity. The evidence from Madâ'in Sâlih (Saudi Arabia) and Qal'at al-Bahrein (Bahrain)"The discovery of seeds and textiles from Gossypium (cotton) in Achaemenian levels of the mid-6th–late 4th century B.C . at Qal’at al-Bahrain, Bahrain and in early 1st millennium A.D. at Madaˆ’in Saˆlih, Saudi Arabia, reveals the role played by the Arabian Peninsula as a textile production centre during the centuries before and after the beginning of the Christian era. Both these sites were situated on important trade routes, overseas (Qal’at al-Bahrain) and overland (Madâ’in Sâlih), and it is likely that at least part of the cotton production was intended for trade, complementing and perhaps competing with other sources of cotton textiles in the contemporary Middle East. In the arid climate of the Arabian Peninsula, cotton was probably grown in association with irrigated date palm gardens where a wide array of other crops was grown, as is shown by the analysis of charred seeds and wood from occupation levels at both sites. The present article places theseparticular finds in the larger context of cotton cultivation in the Middle East and India."
Bouchaud C., Clapham A., Newton C., Tallet G., Thanheiser U. 2018. Cottoning on to Cotton (Gossypium spp.) in Arabia and Africa During Antiquity, in Mercuri A., D'Andrea C., Fornaciari R., Höhn A. (eds.) Plants and Humans in the African Past. Springer. p. 380-426. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89839-1_18
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