Abstract
In spring 2014, I took part in an archaeological project carried out by a German-Peruvian team of archeologists in the Sechín Valley, next to the Valley of Casma, on the North Coast of Peru. The project started more than ten years ago and has been taking place parallel to some other important archaeological projects on the North Coast. Its aim was to unearth the temple mounds and to reconstruct the parts of the various phases. The earliest layers date back to the Pre-Ceramic Period. During the wall construction of the temple, many textile fabrics such as nets and ropes were used and some very early textile fabrics were found. The site was abandoned after thousands of years and a cemetery was placed on top of it. The cemetery comes from a later time period and contains tombs from different phases of cultures of the north Coast i.e. Moche and Chimú. My task was to examine these archeological textiles. The aim was to classify the textile objects and create an initial source of data. In this article I will present the textiles of the excavation and some particular examples with their typical characteristics. The textile artifacts were excavated in a small but very concrete area and the fabrics reflect a very long period of time.
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