Testing Mesoamerican Lunate Artifacts as Possible Crescent Loom Weights
While the importance of textiles in Mesoamerica from the Classic period (AD 250-900) onward is well-recognized, scholars have conducted little exploration of earlier Mesoamerican textile production. This lack of scholarship may be attributed in great part to the scant preservation of perishable text...
Main Author: | Billie J. A. Follensbee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EXARC
2020-11-01
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Series: | EXARC Journal |
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Online Access: | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10533 |
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