Spinning Makes the World Go Round: Spindle Whorls from Nohcacab, Q. Roo, Mexico

Author(s): Tatiana Zelenetskaya Young

Year: 2024

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

A spindle whorl was an integral tool in textile production, it had social, religious, political, and economic significance for the ancient Maya. The spindle whorls carried many roles such as functional tools, symbolic displays, gender, and status representations while interconnecting traditions, mastery, and the artistic expression of a weaver.

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Spinning Makes the World Go Round: Spindle Whorls from Nohcacab, Q. Roo, Mexico. Tatiana Zelenetskaya Young. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 499312)

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Keywords

General
Material Culture and Technology • Maya: Postclassic • Spindle Whorls

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Maya lowlands

Spatial Coverage

min long: -94.197; min lat: 16.004 ; max long: -86.682; max lat: 21.984 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 37755.0