Textile production as craft in Mesoamerica: Time, labor and knowledge

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 354-378

  Hendon, Julia A ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aztec; Craft; Embodiment; Gendered labor; Household relations; Maya; Textiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748505007     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605306067841     Document Type: Article

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