Centre for Textile Research
Date of this Version
11-13-2017
Document Type
Article
Citation
In PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII, ed. Lena Bjerregaard and Ann Peters (Lincoln, NE: Zea Books, 2017), pp. 253–258
doi:10.13014/K26D5R59
Abstract
Systematic excavations at the Castillo de Huarmey archaeological site, located on the North Coast of Peru, enabled researchers to collect an immense number of fabrics. During the first season of textile investigations, carried out in July of 2014 by American and Polish researchers, 724 objects were examined, including textile fragments, yarns, and cordage. A general description of the basic structures indicates a variety of weaving techniques. Although the collection consists mainly of plain weave of all kinds, new structures such as three-dimensional cross-knit looping and feather-mosaic work were recognized, none of which were encountered among textiles collected from the surface in previous decades.
Estructuras Textiles Precolombinas en Castillo de Huarmey, Perú
Resumen -- Las excavaciones sistemáticas en el sitio arqueológico Castillo de Huarmey, ubicado en la costa norte del Perú, han facilitado la recolección de un número inmenso de textiles. Durante la primera etapa de las investigaciones de los textiles, llevada a cabo en julio de 2014 por investigadores de Polonia y de los Estados Unidos, se examinaron 724 objetos, los que incluían fragmentos de telas, hilos, y cuerdas. Una descripción general de las estructuras básicas indica una gama de diversas técnicas de enlace. Aunque la colección mayormente consiste de muchos tipos de tela llana, se han reconocido estructuras novedosas tales como anillado complejo tridimensional y mosaico plumario, ninguna de las cuales se habían encontrado entre los textiles recolectados en la superficie en décadas previas.
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