Andean textiles
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This paper is set within the outlines of the research project “Cultural history and materiality in the archaeology of Late Intermediate and Late periods of San Pedro de Atacama and its relation with the Loa basin” which aims to analyze... more
The study of archaeological collections from cemeteries of the Arica archaeological zone, ascribed to Formative, Middle, and Late Intermediate periods (ca. 500-1200 AD), have permitted the identification of types that correspond to the... more
El estudio de la tecnología, estilo, iconografía y algunos datos del contexto de los textiles hallados en un entierro colectivo en una cueva en la localidad de Pulacayo (este del salar de Uyuni, Depto. de Potosí, Bolivia) lleva a vincular... more
A total of 147 inkuñas originating from cemeteries in the Azapa Valley (Azapa-3, Azapa-6, Azapa-8, Azapa-71, Azapa-75 and Azapa-140), and those of the coast of Arica (Playa Miller-2, Playa Miller-3, Playa Miller-4, Playa Miller-8, Playa... more
The purpose of this article is to present the logic of operation of a color grammar in Tarabuco textiles of the Southern Andes (south-central Bolivia). Focusing on the system of k’uychi, a prescriptive device of chromatic gradation... more
Through a comparative and multi-sited ethnography in Cusco (Peru) and Bolivia, the article shows how, by mobilizing Andean textiles, local actors are weaving social change(s) while also changing the way of weaving. These two ideas are... more
This work assumes that if the Pica-Tarapacá Complex that developed during the Late Intermediate Period was a socio-political unit, a)liation to this group should somehow show in its material culture. Textiles should therefore have been... more
During the time in the Andes known as the Late Intermediate Period (900-1450 AD), the Tarapacá region was socially integrated with societies that articulated resources from different areas through numerous strategies of exploitation.... more