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Textile-Clay Laminates:  A special-use material in ancient Mesoamerica

Results and Discussion

Textile-Clay Laminate Data Set

The currently known examples of textile-clay laminate (newly located as well as previously reported examples) come from the sites indicated on the map in Figure 4, and are listed in Table 1, shown below. An "occurrence" ranges from a single fragment to a cluster of fragments, and represents a rather spatially confined distribution within a room, trench unit, or comparable stratum of a larger midden area. A letter code is assigned to each occurrence for ease of reference in the text; those in bold are the newly recorded examples. Fragment clusters presumed to represent shattered whole objects are shown in bold face. It should also be noted that, in many cases, the initial fragment count was higher; the number in the table is the count resulting after limited readhesion, but is not definitive as additional joins are also possible within some groups.

Figures 5 through 10, shown below, in addition to Figures 1 through 3, shown previously, illustrate a selection of laminate examples; letter codes are included to indicate provenience.

Figure 5. Selected fragments from an object found in Str M8-4, Aguateca [D], showing a curved edge.

Figure 6. Fragments from Str M8-11, Aguateca [J], with a rim-like edge and red slip coloration.

Figure 7. Fragments associated with Str M8-37, Aguateca [L].

Figure 8. Selected fragments associated with Str 13, Arroyo de Piedra [R]. The fragment on the right has textile impressions of a plain weave variant.
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Figure 9. Fragments from Str 5, Group A, Tamarindito [T].

Figure 10. Fragment from Group U-13, Piedras Negras [U].

 

Table 1.  Textile-clay laminate data set
Site/Structure Context Type Occurrence
Code/Count		 Location Specifics
Aguateca
Str M7-22 residence in Palace Group  A  100+ storage rm - floor+collapse above
 B  100+ storage rm - floor+collapse above
Str M7-26 civic bldg in Palace Group  C 100+
[not located]		 just outside end wall
Str M8-4 residence in elite core  D  100+ outside center rm - floor, collapse
 E 11 outside north rm - floor, collapse
 F 2 north rm addition - collapse
Str M8-10 residence in elite core  G 1 north rm - collapse above bench
 H 3 outside center rm - floor
 I 1 nr small wall in front - collapse
Str M8-11 residence in elite core  J  5 platform nr center rm - collapse
 K 3 btn Str M8-11 & -10 (back side)
Str M8-37 civic bldg in elite core  L  14 north rm area - wall collapse
Wall L7-5 nr Str L7-5 residence in area surrounding elite core  M 1 defense wall adj to str - collapse
Str L7-42 residence in area surrounding elite core  N 1?
[not located]		 center room - collapse
Group L8-9 residential group, near Main Plaza  O 1 central patio - fill
 P 2 [photo only] nr Str L8-70 - construction debris
Group K5-2 residential group, north of epicenter  Q 1 outside Str 22
Arroyo de Piedra
Str 13 residence in Palace Group  R  6 midden behind structure
Las Pacayas
Cueva de los Quetzales cave below central plaza  S  3 midden under cave opening
Tamarindito
Str 5 (Group A) residence in Palace Group  T  2 front of structure (plaza) - collapse
Piedras Negras
Group U-13 residential group, elite  U  1 central patio - fill

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