Project Team

Acknowledgements

Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, Cusco, Peru
Director, The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
Internationally known weaver and leader in a revival of traditional Cusqueñan weaving.

Tiburcio Soteno Fernández, Metepec, Mexico
An internationally traveled and exhibited ceramic artist.

Mary Frame, M.A., Vancouver, British Columbia
Independent scholar and specialist in Andean textiles.

Dr. David Pendergast, London, England
Curator Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum; Adjunct Curator of Ancient Americas, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
Archaeologist with a specialization in Mesoamerican archaeology, has excavated Maya sites in Belize for nearly four decades.

Fernando Hernández Pérez, Toronto, Ontario
Tzotzil Maya teacher and traditional healer.

Francisca Rivera Pérez, Puebla, Mexico
Nahuatl-speaking expert in the pre-Aztec weaving traditions of her community.

Chloë Sayer, London, England
Author and specialist in Mexican arts and crafts and popular culture.

Dr. John Topic, Peterborough, Ontario
Professor, Anthropology Department, Trent University
Archaeologist with a specialization in South American Andean and Pacific coast archaeology and ethnohistory.