Article Title：Compositional analysis and provenance study of spindle whorls from the Moche site, North Coast of Peru
Abstract：
Craft production is one aspect contributing to the general understanding of the Mocha site as a Pre-hispanic urban centre between AD 100-700 and particularly during phase IV (AD 400-700). Spindle whorls are artifacts closely related to the spinning and weaving of cotton. One wonders if these specific tools were produced locally and if they were all made by the artisans working in the only ceramic workshop so far identified on the site. Neutron activation analysis is used to address this question and to explore the possible existence of different workshops specialized in the production of spindle whorls. The only known ceramic workshop was not the primary centre of production, and the identification of a homogeneous group of spindle whorls is used to argue for a distinct source of clay and the possible existence of another workshop.
Keywords: archaeology; Moche Site; neutron activation analysis; spindle whorls; craft specialization
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0588
Source：JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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