RogerNicholson at 15:15, 27 September 2014

2014-09-27T15:15:53Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:15, 27 September 2014
Line 7:		Line 7:
	Daniel C. Peterson:		Daniel C. Peterson:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	"Silk and fine-twined linen" are mentioned (e.g., Alma 1:29; Ether 10:24) along with common (cotton?) cloth. The "silk" is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica. For example, in Guatemala fiber from the wild pineapple plant, and among the Aztecs rabbit hair, served to make silklike fabrics. Although flax apparently was not known in America prior to the arrival of the Spaniards (linen was made from flax in the Old World), several vegetable-based fabrics with similar characteristics are well attested in ancient America (Update, Nov. 1988).<ref>Daniel C. Peterson, [http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1096&index=35~~&keyword=chariots~~ "Economy and Technology"] in ''To All the World'' (2000)</ref>		"Silk and fine-twined linen" are mentioned (e.g., Alma 1:29; Ether 10:24) along with common (cotton?) cloth. The "silk" is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica. For example, in Guatemala fiber from the wild pineapple plant, and among the Aztecs rabbit hair, served to make silklike fabrics. Although flax apparently was not known in America prior to the arrival of the Spaniards (linen was made from flax in the Old World), several vegetable-based fabrics with similar characteristics are well attested in ancient America (Update, Nov. 1988).<ref>Daniel C. Peterson, [http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1096&index=35 "Economy and Technology"] in ''To All the World'' (2000)</ref>
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>
	</onlyinclude>		</onlyinclude>
	{{endnotes sources}}		{{endnotes sources}}

RogerNicholson: Created page with "{{FME-Source |title=Peterson: "The 'silk' is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica" |category=Book..."

2014-09-27T15:11:55Z

Created page with "{{FME-Source |title=Peterson: "The 'silk' is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica" |category=Book..."

New page

{{FME-Source
|title=Peterson: "The 'silk' is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica"
|category=Book of Mormon/Animals/Silkworms
}}
<onlyinclude>
==Peterson: "The 'silk' is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica"==
Daniel C. Peterson:
<blockquote>
"Silk and fine-twined linen" are mentioned (e.g., Alma 1:29; Ether 10:24) along with common (cotton?) cloth. The "silk" is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica. For example, in Guatemala fiber from the wild pineapple plant, and among the Aztecs rabbit hair, served to make silklike fabrics. Although flax apparently was not known in America prior to the arrival of the Spaniards (linen was made from flax in the Old World), several vegetable-based fabrics with similar characteristics are well attested in ancient America (Update, Nov. 1988).<ref>Daniel C. Peterson, [http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1096&index=35&keyword=chariots "Economy and Technology"] in ''To All the World'' (2000)</ref>
</blockquote>
</onlyinclude>
{{endnotes sources}}

Source:Peterson:To All the World:Economy and Technology:Silk - Revision history

RogerNicholson at 15:15, 27 September 2014

RogerNicholson: Created page with "{{FME-Source |title=Peterson: "The 'silk' is unlikely to have been produced from silkworms as in China, but similar fabrics were known, at least in Mesoamerica" |category=Book..."