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TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN POSTCLASSIC CHOLULA, MEXICO
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Colonial chroniclers marveled at the quality and
variety of textiles produced at the Postclassic center
of Cholula. As a principal market center, textiles were
produced for tribute and exchange, and other woven goods
were manufactured for local consumption. This paper examines
ethnohistorical and archaeological evidence to interpret
the technology, materials, scale, and social relations
of textile production. Original spindle-whorl data from
the UA-1 domestic compound is contrasted with other whorls
from Postclassic Cholula and from other sites in central
Mexico. Results of this analysis indicate the complexity
of pre-Columbian textile production and the significance
of spinning and weaving in economic and social reconstructions
of the past.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Title: TEXTILE PRODUCTION IN POSTCLASSIC CHOLULA, MEXICO
Description:
Colonial chroniclers marveled at the quality and
variety of textiles produced at the Postclassic center
of Cholula.
As a principal market center, textiles were
produced for tribute and exchange, and other woven goods
were manufactured for local consumption.
This paper examines
ethnohistorical and archaeological evidence to interpret
the technology, materials, scale, and social relations
of textile production.
Original spindle-whorl data from
the UA-1 domestic compound is contrasted with other whorls
from Postclassic Cholula and from other sites in central
Mexico.
Results of this analysis indicate the complexity
of pre-Columbian textile production and the significance
of spinning and weaving in economic and social reconstructions
of the past.
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