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Threads Tell Stories: How Archaeologists Read Andean Textiles

At Field Museum

Near South Side, Chicago

⏰Reviewers recommend allowing at least four hours to explore the vast museum galleries.
🚗Visitors note that nearby parking garages involve a pleasant fifteen-minute walk to the building.

Fibers, colors, and weaving patterns become clues to past technology and daily life as visitors examine contemporary Andean textiles and archaeological research images alongside anthropology PhD candidate Rosa María Varillas at the Field Museum.

Contemporary Andean textiles
Archaeological research images
Weaving techniques and patterns
Led by Rosa María Varillas

Wednesday, November 4, 11:00 AM

Matches these interests

  • Contemporary Andean textiles
  • Archaeological research images
  • Weaving techniques and patterns
  • Led by Rosa María Varillas
  • Field Museum
  • Near South Side
  • Chicago

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