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PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII

By: Lena Bjerregaard,Ann Peters

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PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII

By: Lena Bjerregaard,Ann Peters

From May 31st to June 4th, 2016, the 7th International European conference on pre-Columbian textiles was held in Copenhagen. This volume unites seven original articles on pre-Columbian textiles from Mexico, which compare information on 20th century finds first described by Alba Guadelupe Mastache with that from previously unpublished finds and recently discovered contexts. A unique chapter presents the technical analysis and replication of a pre-Columbian tunic recovered in a cave site in Arizona, at the northern margins of the Mesoamerican interaction sphere. Thirteen articles on archaeological textiles from the central Andes include analysis of both textile assemblages preserved in museum collections and those recovered during recent fieldwork in archaeological sites of the Andean desert coast. These include textile assemblages representing the Initial and Formative Periods, Paracas and Nasca contexts, the Middle Horizon, diverse late Intermediate Period assemblages and emblematic Inca garments.

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1609621158

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9781609621155

The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

By: Lena Bjerregaard

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The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

By: Lena Bjerregaard

Along the coast of Peru is one of the driest deserts in the world. Here, under the sand, the ancient Peruvians buried their dead wrapped in gorgeous textiles. As organic material keeps almost forever when stored without humidity, light and oxygen, many of the mummies excavated in the last hundred years are in excellent conditions. And so are the textiles wrapped around them. Their clear colors are still dazzling and the textile fibers in good condition. Textiles were highly valued objects in ancient Peru - used for expressing status and diverse messages in these non-literate but highly organized and very developed cultures. Much energy, innovation and aesthetic sensibility were invested in the textiles. The preColumbian peoples had access to exquisite materials: the local fibers were camelid fibers (alpaca and vicuña), cotton and plant fibers (agave, for instance). The camelid fibers have very little scales compared to sheep fibers, and are long, soft and lustrous. The Peruvian cotton grew in 5 different colors. The ancient Peruvians were also master dyers and have for thousands of years dyed their yarn with indigo blue, madder red, cochineal red, sea snail purple and yellow from many kinds of plants. And so they produced some of the finest, most beautiful and most interesting textiles in the world. Instead of writing, they kept the order in their world encoded in textile fibers. The Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim houses a collection of 405 preColumbian textiles. Most of them are fragments, but a few complete pieces are present. I have chosen 133 pieces for this publication, to represent the collection at its best.

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1609621662

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PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

By: Lena Bjerregaard

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PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

By: Lena Bjerregaard

The Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, houses Europe's largest collection of PreColumbian textiles-around 9000 well-preserved examples. Lena Bjerregaard was conservator of these materials 2000-2014, and she worked with many international researchers to analyze and publicize the collection. This book includes seven of their essays on the museum's holdings - by Bea Hoffmann, Ann Peters, Susan Bergh, Lena Bjerregaard, Jane Feltham, Katalin Nagy, and Gary Urton. Its second part is a 177-page catalogue of 273 selected representative items, arranged by period and style. There are more than 380 photographs. Styles or cultures shown include Paracas, Nasca, Sican/Lambayeque, Ychsma, Chavin, Siguas, Tiwanaku, Wari, Chimu, Central Coast, Chancay, South Coast, Inca, and Colonial. Items pictured include tunics, clothing, tapestry, hats, belts, headbands, samplers, borders, and khipus. Materials include camelid fibers, feathers, hair, cotton, reed, straw, and other plant fibers.

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1609621085

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PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

By: Lena Bjerregaard

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The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

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PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII

PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII

The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

The preColumbian Textiles in the Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany

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