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Desert Foothills Chapter - Prehistoric Fiber and Cordage Workshop

  • 27 Jan 2018
  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Community Building (Maitland Hall) at The Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, 6502 East Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331

WANT TO LEARN HOW ANCIENT (PREHISTORIC) CULTURES USED FIBER AND MADE CORDAGE

JOIN INSTRUCTOR ZACK CURCIJA, MA FOR A WORKSHOP ON THIS TOPIC

Saturday, January 27, 2018, 10:00AM to 1:00PM

Cost: is $35.00 per member.  This class is open to AAS/DFC members with priority given to DFC members.  Class size limitation is 12 preregistered members.

Location:  Community Building (Maitland Hall) at The Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, 6502 East Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331.

SIGN UP:  by January 10, 2018 at  maryk92@aol.com

No refunds after this date.

Join experimental archaeologist Zack Curcija to transform a Yucca leaf into cordage. In this workshop, you learn how to process a whole Yucca leaf (Yucca bacata) to extract the fibers and spin 2-ply cordage using the "hand and thigh" spinning techniques. Yucca fiber cordage provided the foundation for many Sinagua sandal and textile forms in addition to being used for ropes, nets, snares, looped and twined bags, bowstrings, jewelry suspension cords, sewing thread, and anything else that required a durable cord.


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