Beyond cloth and cordage [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological textile research in the Americas / / edited by Penelope Ballard Drooker and Laurie D. Webster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910838395003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-60781-802-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 339 p. : ill, maps
• Altri autori (Persone): DrookerPenelope B; WebsterLaurie D. <1952->
• Disciplina: 677/.008997
• Soggetti: Indian textile fabrics; Indian baskets; Indian cordage; Archaeology - Methodology; Indians - Antiquities; America Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Archaeological textile research in the Americas / Laurie D. Webster, with Penelope Ballard Drooker -- Handling archaeological textile remains in the field and laboratory / Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff and Mary Strickland-Olsen -- Microanalytical methods for studying prehistoric textile fibers / Kathryn A. Jakes -- Prehistoric textiles : production, function, semiotics / Annette G. Ericksen, Kathryn A. Jakes, and Virginia S. Wimberley -- Spinning and plying : anthropological directions / C. Jill Minar -- Spin and twist as cultural markers : a New England perspective on native fiber industries / James B. Petersen and Jack A. Wolford -- Ancient matting from spirit cave, Nevada : technical implications / Catherine S. Fowler, Eugene M. Hattori, and Amy J. Dansie -- The Mexican connection : a study of sociotechnical change in perishable manufacture and food production in prehistoric New Mexico / D. C. Hyland and J. M. Adovasio -- Revealing clothes : textiles of the Upper Ruin, Tonto National Monument / Lynn S. Teague -- The economics of Pueblo textile production and exchange in colonial New Mexico / Laurie ; D. Webster -- Textile research from the Mesoamerican perspective / Patricia R. Anawalt -- Andean textiles from village and cemetery : Caserones in the Tarapac Valley, North Chile / Amy Oakland Rodman -- Prehistoric Andean ethnicity and status : the textile evidence -- Vicki Cassman.