The Color Symmetries of the Solstices: Ritual Sandals from the Prehistoric American Southwest

Year: 2012 Authors: Dorothy K. Washburn; Donald W. Crowe

Core claim

The sandal color symmetries represent the solar year split by the summer and winter solstices through paired directional color associations.

Topics

solstice symbolism, plane pattern symmetry, maize ritual, color-direction correspondences

Domains

plane pattern analysis, finite symmetry groups, C2 and D2 symmetries, one-dimensional band patterns, textile and fiber craft, decorative pattern design, material culture, ritual ornament

Methods

symmetry analysis, comparative ethnography, artifact pattern classification, iconographic interpretation

Media

yucca fiber sandals, twined textile patterns, colored motifs, photographic figures

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