Weaving the Strands of Evidence: Multifaceted Confirmation of Textile Production and Use at Mission Santa Clara de Asis

Summary

Mission Santa Clara de Asίs, founded in 1777, is one in a chain of twenty-one Spanish Colonial missions established along the coastal region of Alta California. Recent excavations within Santa Clara's Native American Rancherίa have revealed a plethora of objects directly and indirectly associated with textile production and use within the colonial setting. Indigenous practices from ethnic regions of California and Mexico are reflected within the assemblage of sewing/weaving tools, adornments, faunal remains, and the remnants of fabric, fibers, basketry and cordage themselves. Our paper aims to highlight the persistence of native textile traditions that clearly played an important role in the domestic and economic success of Mission Santa Clara.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Precolumbian Textile Tools and Technologies: Case Studies from North America and Mesoamerica

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Abstract Id(s): 15518