Prehispanic Maya textiles (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mallory Fenn. Gabrielle Vail. Gail Fish. Vail.

Technologies for spinning fibers into thread by hand have changed little in Mesoamerica since they were first introduced. Made primarily of perishable materials, however, the wooden spindle and the fibers themselves are generally no longer present in the archaeological record. What does survive, however, are spindle whorls – spherical artifacts used to weigh down the spindle to keep it anchored during the process of spinning. In the Maya area, these artifacts are rarely found in primary...