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Socioeconomic Implications of Prehistoric Textile Production in the Eastern Woodlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

K.A. Jakes  and
A.G. Ericksen
K.A. Jakes
Affiliation:
Ohio State University, 1787 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210, kjakes@osu.edu
A.G. Ericksen
Affiliation:
ASC Group, Inc., 4620 Indianola Ave., Columbus, OH 43214, mpcads@aol.com
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Abstract

Quantitative measures of time and effort as well as assessment of the knowledge base required in each level of textile manufacture (i.e., plant collecting, fiber processing, yarn and fabric formation) result in cost estimates that indicate differences between simply structured materials and complexly structured elaborate materials. These measures were applied to two textiles from a Wilbanks phase (A.D. 950 to 1440) [1] burial of a high status individual from Mound C at Etowah, Georgia [2]. Socioeconomic implications inferred from the resulting analyses include the proposal of craft specialization in the production of complex textiles and of the significance of these complex textiles to Mississippian chiefdoms.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 462: Symposium DD – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology V , 1996 , 281
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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