Research Interests
- Study of historic and prehistoric archaeological textile remains
- Study of nineteenth and twentieth century dress
Current Research
- Prehistoric textiles of Eastern North America
- Hand woven Louisiana Acadian textiles
- Native American dress, American slave dress, Nineteenth century mourning dress and burial dress
Courses Taught
- Comparative studies in world dress
- Introduction to research in textiles, apparel and fashion merchandising
- History of dress and adornment
- History of textiles
- Textile conservation
Publications
2012 J.T. Kuttruff. Dressing the Deceased in Nineteenth-Century America. In The Meanings of Dress (3rd Edition), edited by Kimberly A. Miller-Spillman, Andrew Reilly and Patricia Hunt-Hurst, pp. 335-340. Fairchild Books, New York.
2012 M.H. Manhein, G.A. Listi, and J.T. Kuttruff. Analysis of a Historic Child’s Burial from St. Joseph Cemetery (16LF46). Louisiana Archaeology 33:20-48.
2010 J.L. Banning and J.T. Kuttruff. One Woman’s Commodity Bag Garments Compared to Period Fashions. Clothing and Textile Research Journal, 28(2): 112-125.
2009 M.S. Standifer, J.T. Kuttruff and S.C. Tucker. The Uses of Eryngium yuccifolium by Native American People. In A.S. Fairbairn and E. Weiss, From Foragers to Farmers: Papers in Honour of Gordon C. Hillman, pp. 179-189. Oxbow Books, Oxford, England.
2000 J.T. Kuttruff and M. Strickland-Olsen. Handling Archaeological Textile Remains in the Field and Laboratory. In Beyond Cloth and Cordage: Current Approaches to Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas, edited by Penelope Drooker and Laurie Webster, pp. 25-50. University of Utah Press.
1999 J.T. Kuttruff. Three Louisiana Acadian Cotonnade Quilts. Uncoverings 20:63-86.
1998 J.T. Kuttruff, S.G. DeHart, M.J. O'Brien. 7500 Years of Prehistoric Footwear from Arnold Research Cave, Missouri. Science 281(5373):72-75.
1993 J.T. Kuttruff. Mississippian Status Differentiation Through Textile Analysis: A Caddoan Example. American Antiquity 58(1):125-145.