Weaving a Partnership: The Collaborative Journey of the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project
Channel: ArchaeologySouthwest
Date: 10/02/2023

On February 7, 2023, Laurie Webster (Cedar Mesa Perishables Project) and Louie Garcia (Cedar Mesa Perishables Project) presented “Weaving a Partnership: The Collaborative Journey of the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project.” For the past five years, the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project has engaged the expertise of Pueblo fiber artists in its documentation of ancient textiles, baskets, wooden implements, and other organic cultural items from southeastern Utah.

During this presentation, archaeologist and project director Laurie Webster and Tiwa-Piro weaver and team member Louie Garcia trace the project’s collaborative path and discuss how this approach has enriched archaeological understanding of ancestral Pueblo perishable technologies while also stimulating the preservation and revitalization of the Pueblo fiber arts.

Learn more about this project and Archaeology Southwest in our latest magazine: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw36-2-3/