Pre-columbian weaving toolsets from the san francisco cemetery in the yauca valley on the peruvian southern coast

Wanot J.; Szykulski J.; Rodríguez L.H.D.; Kaczyńska P.; Wróbel M. · Przeglad Archeologiczny (2025) · DOI: 10.23858/pa73.2025.3871

Resumen

Weaving is undoubtedly a hallmark of the Pre-Columbian societies that occupied the Andean region, reflected in the varied roles of textiles based on their characteristics as objects for clothing, funeral offerings, and vehicles for the transmission of ideas, ethnic differentiation or status indicators. Many textiles excavated in Peru – deposited without access of humidity, light, and oxygen – are still in excellent condition. Analyses of specimens of weaving from the archaeological sites in the Yauca Valley confirm a relatively high level of textile production and the proficiency of local craftsmen. The paper discusses the results of analyses of the weaving workbaskets and their equipment – sometimes precisely crafted and elaborately decorated – belonging to the textile manufacturers buried within the San Francisco cemetery (Caravelí Province) in the Yauca Valley. Although often colloquially referred to as weavers’ workbaskets, the materials and implements found within them are also associated with other stages of textile production, such as spinning, sewing, and embroidery. Radiocarbon dating allowed determination of the chronology of these materials to the 15th and 16th centuries, i.e. the Late Horizon in the Central Andean chronology. Copyright

Instituciones: Universidad Católica de Santa María