Wari Textiles for the Everyday and the Afterlife

Summary

Some pre-Hispanic textiles were complex masterpieces made with labor-intensive techniques and high quality raw materials. Nevertheless, the vast majority of textiles, those used by the population at large, were plain, simple and without any decoration. This study will present a comparative analysis between a sample of plain weaves obtained from domestic contexts and a sample of high quality textiles excavated in an elaborated Wari tomb, all of them registered at the pre-Hispanic settlement of Cerro de Oro. This comparison will explore parameters to evaluate their quality and aesthetics as well as the cultural practices involved in their production. These lines of investigation will be incorporated within broader questions regarding the presence of Wari elements in the coast, and particularly within the site of Cerro de Oro.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 21777