The Scottish Tartans Authority (STA ... The dye analysis confirmed that indigo or woad in the green fabric were both used. The analysis of the other colors was inconclusive.

Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the Highlands during forestry work and donated to the Scottish Tartans Authority in the ...

Alan Richardson Pix-AR New research suggests a piece of fabric found in the Scottish Highlands ... head of research and collections at the Scottish Tartans Authority (STA), a charity dedicated ...

Now, that fabric has been scientifically tested to ... officials said. The Scottish Tartans Authority began the process of dating the tartan about six months ago, commissioning dye analyses ...

After conducting radiocarbon testing on the fabric, researchers with the nonprofit Scottish Tartans Authority determined it dates to between 1500 and 1600. That means it was made during the rule ...

The fabric recently underwent dye analysis and radiocarbon testing, in the first-ever study commissioned by the Scottish Tartans Authority to date the artifact. The first analysis, carried out by ...

The world's oldest surviving Scottish tartan is over 400 years old and, though now faded, once sported green, brown, red and yellow, a new analysis of the centuries-old fabric reveals. The tartan ...

John McLeish, left, and Peter MacDonald, right, of the Scottish Tartans Authority, examine the Glen Affric tartan — Scotland's oldest-known true tartan — with James Wylie, a curator at the ...

The fabric was found almost 40 years ago in a peat ... according to dye analysis and radiocarbon testing commissioned by the Scottish Tartans Authority and released this week.

A piece of fabric believed to date to around the time ... and radiocarbon testing that was commissioned by the Scottish Tartans Authority and released this week, it was likely made in the 16th ...

London (CNN) — Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece ...