Textile Production in Postclassic Cholula, Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID6033359
AuthorsSharisse D Mccafferty, Sharisse Mccafferty (University of Calgary, corresponding author), Geoffrey G Mccafferty (University of Calgary)
Year2000
Volume11
Issue1
Pages39-54
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAncient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0956536100111071
OpenAlexW2141837576
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited11

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

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Clothing · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Textile · Weaving · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Latin American history and culture

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