Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 1. Ecuador before the Incas
  • The Geography of Ecuador (Karen Olsen Bruhns)
  • An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ecuador (Karen Olsen Bruhns)
  • Costume in Ecuador before the Incas (Karen Olsen Bruhns)
  • Evidence for Pre-Inca Textiles (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 2. Ecuador under the Inca Empire
  • The Incas in Quito (John Howland Rowe)
  • Costume under the Inca Empire (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 3. Ecuador under the Spanish Empire
  • An Introduction to the History of Colonial Ecuador (Suzanne Austin)
  • Colonial Costume (Lynn A. Meisch)
• Chapter 4. Historical Developments in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Ecuador (Margaret Young-Sánchez)
• Chapter 5. Carchi Province (Ecuador) and the Department of Nariño (Colombia) (Joanne Rappaport)
• Chapter 6. Costume in Imbabura Province
  • Otavalo (Lynn A. Meisch)
  • Natabuela (Ann Pollard Rowe)
  • Eastern Imbabura and Northeastern Pichincha Provinces (Lynn A. Meisch and Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 7. Costume in Southern Pichincha Province (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 8. Costume in Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, and Bolívar Provinces (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 9. Costume in Chimborazo and Cañar Provinces (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 10. Azuay Province
  • The Cholos of Azuay: Historical Introduction (Margaret Young-Sánchez)
  • Historic Costume in Azuay (Lynn A. Meisch and Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Chapter 11. Saraguro Costume in Loja Province (Lynn A. Meisch)
• Conclusions (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• Notes
• Glossary (Ann Pollard Rowe)
• References Cited
• Contributors
• Index

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Using a wide variety of archaeological and archival evidence of indigenous clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles, scholars trace the history of costume in Ecuador from prehistory to the twentieth century.

About the Author

Ann Pollard Rowe was Curator of Western Hemisphere Textiles at the Textile Museum for most of her career and is presently Research Associate of Western Hemisphere Textiles there. She also edited and contributed to Costume and Identity in Highland Ecuador, which examines contemporary costume, and Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, which investigates textile techniques and production.