Talk:Hexaplex trunculus

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Anyone know the Conservation Status? I had heard both that they were extinct and that they were rediscovered. I would assume that they are somewhat endangered, but I'm not sure. Valley2city 17:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not mentioned in the 006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [www.iucnredlist.org] JoJan 22:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The ancient method for mass-producing purple-blue dye

Under Human use, one states that: The ancient method for mass-producing purple-blue dye from Hexaplex trunculus has not yet been successfully reproduced. See please the following link: https://edelsteincenter.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/koren-2005-dha-20.pdf Thank you Esteve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.35.159.170 (talk) 10:53, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The oldest evidence

It is very wrong to claim the purple dying originated in the Phoenicians colonies.

“In summary, the characterisation of Royal Purple dye on the Qatna textiles provides the earliest direct evidence of purple dyed textiles and sets a precedent for its symbolic significance amongst the Bronze Age royal elite”

Source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/high-prestige-royal-purple-dyed-textiles-from-the-bronze-age-royal-tomb-at-qatna-syria/69EC1A74600EC74AAAC26D2F585ACF5A

“The earliest true purple textiles were found in Syria and are dated to the early second millennium BCE. These include finds from a burial at Chagar Bazar (184-16 centuries BCE, [15]), and samples preserved in gypsum found in Qatna's palace”

“The chances of finding the proper product of the purple dyeing industry, a purple-dyed textile, decrease geometrically as we go back in time. However, residues of dyed textile, in which mollusc purple is identified, date back to the Late Bronze Age. In present evidence, the earliest cases belong to archaeological sites in Syria. Purple-dyed textile fragments were found first in a royal tomb complex in the Bronze Age palace of ancient Qatna, Tell Mishrife, Syria”

https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/1/10

Whatsupkarren (talk) 13:40, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]