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WUPATKI PUEBLO: A STUDY IN CULTURAL FUSION AND ...

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455<br />

whorl In 'the Pueblo area, or a moulded clay bead whorl In the<br />

(<br />

south. One end of the whorl stick was placed in a dish, at­<br />

tached to the cotton fiber bundle and twirled with the right<br />

hand, forming the thread, or the whorl was rolled along the<br />

thigh. Cordage for loom weaving is usually Z-twisted, one-<br />

ply, while thread for sewing, embroidery, or selvage construction<br />

was S-twisted, two-ply.<br />

The loom weaving of the thread is attested at Wupatki<br />

by the number of battens, finishing needles, loom bars, shed<br />

rods, tenter, and wooden awls found, as well as the many textile<br />

fragments. Wupatki was probably a major center for the.export<br />

of woven fabrics.<br />

Raw Material<br />

Several groups of raw material were found at Wupatki<br />

Ruin, at least in Rooms 7» 10, 11, and 35^ (Pig* 60 a, e_, £).<br />

Cotton bolls, boll hulls, and leaves and seeds of the plant<br />

were found, indicating that cotton was grown nearby (Jones 1937*<br />

Whiting 19^1).<br />

Cordage and Twine<br />

A. Twisted fiber<br />

1« S-twisted fiber,(1-3 mm. diameter,<br />

dyed brown, red, blue, black, and<br />

orange)<br />

a. Two yarn elements-- — 10

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