Laurie D Webster

Biographic Data

ID651679
NAMELaurie D Webster
GIVEN NAMESLaurie D
FAMILY NAMEWebster
SIGNATUREWEBSTER L D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Arizona
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS24
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX3

  • Human-Hair Bifurcated Tumplines from Old Man Cave, Utah

    P R Geib, Laurie D Webster et al.ARTICLEKIVA2021References: 15

    Unwrapping a bundle of Basketmaker II textiles from Old Man Cave disclosed two examples of a previously undocumented textile form: bifurcated tumplines. At more than twice the width of standard tumplines, these warp-faced plain weave bands of human hair cordage have one flat end, with the other splitting into two separate parallel bands—one longer and the other shorter. Both narrow bands terminate in tumpline suspension loops. Strains, breaks, an…

  • Hopi Weaving and the Colonial Encounter: A Study of Persistence through Change

    Open AccessLaurie D Webster, Laurie WebsterCHAPTERNew Mexico and the Pimería Alta2017

    of this volume, have told me that the Columbian Consequences project served as a catalyst for the initial symposium entitled "Transformations during the Colonial Era: Divergent Histories in the American Southwest," subsequently published as this volume.They also asked me to write a few words about the Columbian Consequences effort, from a quarter-century perspective.The roots of Columbian Consequences run back to the late 1980s, a time of conside…

  • Perishable Ritual Artifacts at the West Ruin of Aztec, New Mexico: Evidence for a Chacoan Migration

    Laurie D Webster, Laurie WebsterARTICLEKIVA2011Cited by: 8References: 6

    Recent research with the perishable collections from Chaco Canyon and the West Ruin of Aztec has identified a wide range of wood, basketry, and fiber artifacts that probably served as ritual paraphernalia within these communities. In this article, I describe some of these perishable artifacts, their spatial patterning, and their close association with probable ritual storerooms. Employing the concept of technological style, I use similarities in …

  • Archaeology without Borders: Contact, Commerce, and Change in the U.S. Southwest and Northwestern Mexico

    Laurie Webster, Maxine Mcbrinn et al.BOOKArchaeology Without Borders2008References: 1

    Edited by Laurie D. Webster and Maxine E. McBrinn with Mexican editor Eduardo Gamboa Carrera

  • Recent Perishables Research in the U.S. Southwest

    Laurie D Webster, Laurie WebsterARTICLEKIVA2006Cited by: 2References: 8

    This special issue of Kiva presents new research using archaeological textiles, baskets, and cordage from the southwestern United States. The Southwest is blessed with one of the best perishables records in the world, matched only by the dry deserts of Peru, Chile, Egypt, and the U.S. Great Basin. Past Southwestern peoples made intensive use of caves and rock shelters for habitation, storage, and other purposes, resulting in the preservation of l…

  • A New Look at Tie-Dye and the Dot-in-a-Square Motif Ih the Prehispanic Southwest

    Laurie D Webster, Laurie Webster et al.ARTICLEKIVA2006Cited by: 1References: 4

    Tie-dyed fabrics patterned with a dot-in-a-square motif appear in the archaeological textile record ofthe U.S.Southwest by the late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Mural images from Arizona and New Mexico suggest that tie-dye was one of the primary means of decorating ritual clothing by Pueblo N. Using evidence from textiles, ceramics, rock art, linguistics, and other media from the U.S. Southwest, Mesoamerica, and Peru, we explore the histo…

  • Symmetry and Color Perspectives on Basketmaker Cultural Identities: Evidence From Designs on Coiled Baskets and Ceramics

    D K Washburn, Laurie D Webster et al.ARTICLEKIVA2006Cited by: 5References: 3

    Basketmaker basket designs have long been considered the model for the earliest black-on-white ceramic designs in the northern Southwest. This article explores this premise from the perspective of symmetry analysis. We compare the design systems used to decorate Basketmaker baskets and ceramic bowls, and conclude that although some elements are shared, Basketmaker III basket weavers and potters used different symmetrical layouts to decorate their…

  • Woven by the Grandmothers

    Open AccessLaurie D Webster, Laurie WebsterARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1998Cited by: 1

    Woven by the Grandmothers: Nineteenth-Century Navajo Textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian. The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, February 1-April 26,1998.Woven by the Grandmothers: Nineteenth-Century Navajo Textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian. Eulalie H. Bonar. ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. 214 pp

  • From Relics to Resources: Using Older Museum Collections to Assess Textile Change in the Northern Southwest

    Open AccessLaurie D WebsterARTICLEMuseum Anthropology1995References: 2

  • New Trails for Old Shoes: Sandals, Textiles, and Baskets in Basketmaker Culture

    Laurie D Webster, Laurie Webster et al.ARTICLEKIVA1994Cited by: 7References: 5

    New research on Anasazi origins is augmented with data from sandals, baskets, and textiles collected at the time when Basketmaker culture was first defined by archaeologists. Relationships among decorative style, technology, and social processes are examined. We discuss (1) the distribution of technological and stylistic features of baskets and textiles to address the question of Anasazi origins, and (2) ways archaeologists can approach an unders…