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Fashion: A Canadian Perspective

Fashion: A Canadian Perspective

Historical essays on Canadian fashion Fashion: A Canadian Perspective is a book of historical essays on Canadian fashion that is the first to draw together new research on Canadian fashion design, fashion advertising and consumption. This book breaks new ground in that it discusses not only the

Adaptive radiation, convergent evolution and speciation in Neotropical cichlids

Adaptive radiation, convergent evolution and speciation in Neotropical cichlids

Adaptive radiation is recognized as one of the most important processes responsible for the origin of biological diversity. Because adaptive radiations produce diversification through ecological specialization, they are essential for understanding how ecological forces can drive evolutionary

Ceramic Petrology Laboratory

Ceramic Petrology Laboratory

A core part of the archaeological science research at the ROM is the Ceramic Petrology Laboratory. Petrology or Petrographic analysis is a technique developed in the earth-sciences for observation of rocks and minerals. It involves creating a "thin-section" of the material being studied,

Fashionable synergies: the handweaving arts of the Western Indian Ocean World

Fashionable synergies: the handweaving arts of the Western Indian Ocean World

It is now widely recognized that cloth has linked the world for centuries, if not millennia, and driven much of the global economy since ancient times. The desire to adorn oneself and one’s home in sturdy or beautiful textiles has driven humans to trade across thousands of miles, and to develop

Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Object Lessons reveals the ephemeral and physical social and cultural histories of objects in the museum’s collection of global textiles and fashions through interviews with makers, donors and historians. Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History Barbara Kostner,

Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History

Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History

The Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship was established in 1979 to honour the work and memory of Veronika Gervers, a pioneer textiles and costume scholar. It exists to promote innovative scholarly research from new and established researchers that is based upon objects in the global collection of

Theban Tomb #89 Epigraphic Project

Theban Tomb #89 Epigraphic Project

Theban Tomb #89 was built by Amenmose who served King Amenhotep III (1391-1353 BC), King Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The tomb is located on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, Egypt, among some 500 tombs that dot the hillside, dating roughly from 1500- 1200 BC. The project’s goal is to record

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

An International Conference at the Royal Ontario Museum November 9–11, 2017 During Canada’s 2017 Sesquicentennial celebrations, the Royal Ontario Museum hosted an international conference to explore the material culture of textiles through the work and legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

Long Distance Interaction in the Ancient Andes

Long Distance Interaction in the Ancient Andes

The focus of Justin Jenning's fieldwork is on the impact of the Wari (AD 600- 1000) and Inca (AD 1430- 1532) states in the Cotahuasi, Majes, and Siguas Valleys of southern Peru. Excavation at Quilcapampa, a Wari-influenced site in the Sihuas Valley, Peru (2015-2017) Petroglyphs located just

Blue Whale

Blue Whale

In May 2014, a small ROM team travelled to Newfoundland to salvage a Blue Whale that had washed ashore. This unfortunate event presents an unprecedented opportunity to study one of the more endangered species of marine mammals—blue whales are listed as endangered under Schedule 1 of the federal