Function Follows Form: Assessing the Functionality of Shells and Greenstone Shell Effigies as Formative Period Mesoamerican Textile Fabrication Tools, Part 1: Tagelus plebeius Atlantic Stout Razor Clam Shells

Although the importance of textiles in Mesoamerica from the Classic period (AD 250-900) onward is well-recognised, until recently little research or exploration of earlier Mesoamerican textile production has been conducted. This paucity of scholarship is attributable predominantly to the scant prese...

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Main Author: Billie J. A. Follensbee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EXARC 2022-12-01
Series:EXARC Journal
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Online Access:https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10663