A NEW LOOK AT TIE-DYE AND THE DOT-IN-A-SQUARE MOTIF IH THE PREHISPANIC SOUTHWEST

Abstract Tie-dyed fabrics patterned with a dot-in-a-square motif appear in the archaeological textile record ofthe U.S.Southwest by the late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Mural images from Arizona and New Mexico suggest that tie-dye was one of the primary means of decorating ritual clothing by Pueblo N. Using evidence from textiles, ceramics, rock art, linguistics, and other media from the U.S. Southwest, Mesoamerica, and Peru, we explore the historical roots of tie-dye in the Americas and the multiple metaphorical meanings of one of its associated motifs, the dotin- a-square. We conclude that the use of the motif on tie-dye cloth, pottery, and other artifacts was part of a widespread dynamic symbolic system relating clouds, rain, maize agriculture, lightning, serpents, and fertility. Abstract Las telas teñidas al estilo atar y teñir con el diseño de un puntoen un cuadro aparecen en el expediente arqueo1ógico de textildel suroeste de los EE.UU.a losfinales del siglo doce o temprano en el siglo trece. Imágenes de murales de Arizona y de Nuevo México sugieren que estemodode teñirfuera uno de los medios ptincipales de adornar la topa ritual utilizado pot Pueblo IV: Al usar evidencia de los textiles, la cerámica, el arte en piedra, la lingüídstica, y otros medios del suraeste de los EE.UU., Mesoamérica, y Perú, exploramos las raíces históricas de atar y teñir en las Américas y los significados metafóricos múltiples de uno de los diseños asociados, el de un puntoen un cuadra. Concluimos que el uso este diseño en las telas teñidas, la cerámica, y otros artefactos eran parte de un extenso sistema simbólico y dinámico que relacionaba las nubes, la lluvia, la agricultura del maíz, los relámpagos, lassetpientes, y la fertilidad.

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