Textile production as craft in Mesoamerica

Textile production in Mesoamerica, as a process and set of relationships, has been seen as the full-time work of women but not as an occupational specialization. I take an alternative approach by considering textile production as a craft, a sociotechnical system that is a form of knowledge, a set of techniques, mastery of a particular technology, and an educational process that is transmitted across generations, within households, and embodied...