William Charlton
Thesis: August 1996
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/anth/abstracts/charlton.html (.pdf download)
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Absolutely, yes. Especially if it is properly curated.
Indeed, it is heartening to see how much work there’s been in the last decade or so in digital preservation of old written works.
As far as posting links to old knotting works, there’s actually already a thread going here:
http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=1406
I have tried to do my part and distributed CD-Rs of public domain knotting works to all who would take them at the (unfortunately too few) IGKT events I’ve attended… For public domain works, it is my feeling the Guild Library should actually maintain local copies due to the transient nature of web links. Even if they are only available for a token fee on physical media, due to the apparent bandwidth concerns, it would be a step in the right direction.
Very cool paper, thanks for posting it.
BTW, just in case folks are daunted by the large listing of PDFs, this is the direct link to the paper referred to in the topic subject:
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http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/5.oldest-port-130412-ropes-and-wood-660x433.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/16/article-2309930-19536FB2000005DC-945_634x415.jpg
http://www.aime-free.com/20-index.html
http://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/Tallet.pdf
http://a136.idata.over-blog.com/600x520/3/98/98/62/METIERS/Houe--Louvre.jpg
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/227095_10151280749936380_54983264_n.jpg
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/textil/index2.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/craft/basketry.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/oct/19/ancient-egyptian-mummy-portraits-ashmolean-museum
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