Anasazi Sandal Features: Their Research Value and Identification

Deegan, Ann Cordy

doi:10.1080/00231940.1995.11758294

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“…Selection of sandal attributes to be studied was guided by previous archaeological textile analyses completed by Sibley and Jakes (1989) and by Deegan (1995). These attributes were analyzed and used to create a plausible cultural context for Anasazi sandals based on the model developed by Sibley and Jakes.…”

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“…Previous research by Deegan (1995) and Sibley and Jakes (1989) revealed that archaeological textiles, and Anasazi sandals in particular, should be studied for a variety of attributes: 1) yam structure (diameter, twist direction, number of ply); 2) silhouettes (toe, heel, shaped to foot or not); 3) fabric construction (density, motif incorporation) ; 4) colors and motifs; and 5) tie system. Data for this study were collected in these five categories.…”

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Anasazi Sandals of Tseyi-Hatsosi Canyon, Arizona: Attributes and Cultural Context

Deegan

1997

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

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Twenty-four Anasazi sandals, from Tseyi-Hatsosi Canyon, northeastern Arizona, were analyzed using the Sibley and Jakes model (1989) for inferring cultural context from archaeological textiles. These sandals were analyzed for yarn structures, silhouettes, fabric constructions, colors, motifs, and tie systems. The sandals contain: yucca fiber Z-spun into plied, S-twist yarns; scalloped-toe and puckered heel silhouettes; twined fabric in complex geometric patterns; and toe-heel tie systems. Sibley and Jakes' model advanced understanding of Anasazi sandals beyond the basic function of sandals as footwear. Division of labor and prestige value are indicated by sandal complexity and time, practice, and skill required in manufacture. Application of the Sibley and Jakes model revealed that assessment was limited, with unprovenienced sandals, in areas of 1) identification of construction tools and special manufacturing sites, 2) understanding of symbolic function, and 3) anticipation of possible color or fiber changes to avoid interpretation errors.

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Section: Methodology Data Gathering and Analysismentioning

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Anasazi Sandals of Tseyi-Hatsosi Canyon, Arizona: Attributes and Cultural Context

Deegan

1997

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

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“…58-59). Thus far, studies of sandals and baskets from Anasazi rockshelters on the Colorado Plateau (e.g., Christenson, 1993;Deegan, 1992Deegan, , 1993Deegan, , 1995Deegan, , 1996Hays-Gilpin et al, 1998;Kankainen, 1995;Morris, 1995;Webster and Hays-Gilpin, 1994) are oriented more toward the technology of their manufacture than the organization of their production. Technological studies of sandals and baskets offer Southwestern archaeologists the opportunity to interpret social boundaries, if not ethnicity (Stark, 1998); such analyses should be a priority of future work on these materials.…”

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Craft economies in the north American Southwest

Bayman

1999

J Archaeol Res

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Debates concerning sociopolitical organization in the North American Southwest are clarified and confounded by the conclusion that craft specialization was not always a sufficient condition of complexity in the region. Understanding the relationship between varying dimensions of craft specialization (e.g., context, scale, and intensity) and sociopolitical organization in the region requires us to examine a variety of social institutions (e.g., leadership, gender, and ethnicity) that potentially generated differentiated economies. New research on middle-range societies in the North American Southwest and elsewhere in the world should focus on identifying and interpreting the archaeological signatures of specific social institutions and their linkages to craft economies.

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