DHA

Dyes in History & Archaeology

The following page list details of publications from past meetings.

DHA 42 - Copenhagen, Denmark - 2023

A Special Issue will be published in 2024 by the MDPI journal Heritage, featuring contributions from papers presented at the 42nd meeting of the DHA hosted in Copenhagen by the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with the National Museum of Denmark, the Centre for Textile Research (CTR), the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, and the Danish School of Conservationcan be found here.

A printed edition of this Special Issue will be available.

 

 DHA 41 - Visby (Gotland), Sweden - 2022

A Special Issue published in 2023 by the MDPI journal Heritage, featuring contributions from papers presented at the 41st meeting of the DHA hosted by the Swedish National Heritage Board in Visby (Gotland) can be found here.

A printed edition of this Special Issue is available here.

 DHA 37-40 - Lisbon, Amsterdam, London - 2018-2021

In March 2023, Archetype Publications published a volume that includes papers presented at the 37th, 38th and 40th meetings of the DHA group at NOVA University of Lisbon (2018), the University of Amsterdam (2019) and the online conference hosted by the British Museum, London (2021). 

The topics covered in this edition vary from the dyes of South America, Mesopotamia, Austria,  17th - 19th Century Flanders and England to the use of lichen, lac and redwood lake as pigments and cochineal for paints and inks.

More information here.

DHA 35-36 - Pisa, London - 2016-2017

In July 2021, Archetype Publications published a volume that includes papers presented at the 35th and 36th meetings of the DHA group at Pisa (2016) and Hampton Court (2017). 

Sources of yellow natural dyes are a running theme throughout this volume. Other topics included, the fascinating story of Cornelis Drebbel, the scarlet cochineal dye he discovered and its subsequent history; a Victorian carpet manufacturer who used the lichen dye cudbear; and non-destructive methods of examination of Japanese textiles.

More information here.

DHA 33-34 - Glasgow, Thessaloniki - 2014-2015

In March 2021, Archetype Publications published a volume that includes papers presented at the 33rd and 34th meetings of the DHA group held in Glasgow (2014) and Thessaloniki (2015).

The papers in this volume range from the advent of synthetic dyes to the use of non-invasive spectrometric methods to examine dyes and pigments.

More information here.

DHA 22-26 - Various venues - 2003-2007

In August 2017, Archetype Publications published, "The Diversity of Dyes In History and Archaeology", a volume that includes selected papers presented at various venues which hosted the 22nd to 26th meetings of the DHA group.

More information here.

DHA 16-21 - Various venues - 1997-2002

Selected papers presented at various venues which hosted the 16th to the 21st meetings of the DHA group have been published by Archetype Publications between 2001-2008. 

More information here.

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