Dyes in History and Archaeology

ASLab hosts the DHA web pages on behalf of the DHA organisation and

Jo Kirby Atkinson, DHA editor-in-chief, jokirbyatkinson@gmail.com

and Chris Cooksey, chriscooksey8@gmail.com

DHA conferences are held once a year and the proceedings are published in the journal of the same name. Issues 16/17 onwards are available at Archetype Publications. Guidance for contributors can be found at Notes for DHA authors.

Conference programmes and abstracts of posters and presentations can be downloaded at DHA abstracts

An occasional E-Newsletter, including an article on the early history of the DHA organisation can be found at E-News

A list of conferences and venues since 2001 is given below.

The images above are, from left to right, Dyers' broom (Genista tinctoiria L), oak galls, woad (Isatis tinctoria L) and shells of shellfish used for purple, on a woad-dyed wool cloth. Picture credits: Jo Kirby-Atkinson, Chris Cooksey and Penelope Walton Rogers.