Below you will find a list of links to various websites that relate to perishable technologies. Clicking on a link will open it in a new window. Please feel free to contact us if a link is broken or if you know of a link(s) that should be included.
General
Center for Traditional TextilesCoptic Textiles
Glossary of Textile Terminology (Andean)
Khipu Database Project
On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics
Tapestry: A Guide to Information Sources
Textile Muse at the Arthur D. Jenkins Library of Textile Arts
Textiles and Weaving Links
WARP: Weave a Real Peace
Zapotec Textile Resource Pages
Basketry
California Indian Basketweavers AssociationGreat Basin Native Basketweavers Association
Sewn Cattail Mats
The Language of Native American Baskets from the Weaver's View
Botany and Ethnobotany
Material Color: Exchanging Ideas and Information on Natural DyesNative American Ethnobotany Database
People and Plants International
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Plant Use by Native Peoples of the American Southwest: Ethnographic Documentation
USDA Plants Database
Conservation
Archaeological Conservation and its ConsequencesCanadian Conservation Institute
Conservation Online
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE)
Textile Conservation Services
Textiles Conservation Discussion List
The Textile Conservation Workshop
Professional Organizations
Fiber/Perishables Interest Group (FPIG), Society for American ArchaeologySociety of Ethnobiology
Textile Society
Textile Society of America
The Textile Institute
Journals and Publications
Archaeological Textile NewsletterBulletin of Primitive Technology
Hali.com
Interweave Press
Textile History
Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture
Wilderness Way Magazine
Museums
American Textile History MuseumMarion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum
Navajo Weaving at the Arizona State Museum
Textile Museum of Canada
The Textile Museum
Weaving Art Museum and Research Institute (WAMRI)
Research Facilities
Center for the Study of Regional Dress, UCLA Fowler MuseumCentre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen
Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies
Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center
R. L. Andrews Center for Perishables Analysis
Textile Research in Archaeology, York UK