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Textile Society of America 8th Biennial Symposium September 26-28, 2002 Contents Preface Session 1. Archaeology and the Silk Road Session 2. Textile Artisans, Global Markets, and Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia Session 3. Silk, the Middle East and Africa Session 4. Acculturation Session 5. Silk in Medieval Europe Session 6. Individual Papers Session 7. Common Treads: Unwinding the History of Silk Production in Mainland Southeast Asia Session 8. New Perspectives on the American Silk Industry: Silk Products and Silk Manufacture in America Session 9. High Roads/Low Roads, North Roads/South Roads: Regional and Cultural\u27Personalities\u27 in Ventral and Southern Andean Textiles, part 1 Session 10. The American Textile Industry Session 11. High Roads/Low Roads, North Roads/South Roads: Regional and Cultural \u27Personalities\u27 in Central and Southern Andean Textiles, part 2 Session 12. The American Textile Industry, cont. Session 13. Silk Traditions in Japan Session 14. Dichotomies in Silk: Crisp and Soft, Shrinking and Stretching, Sheer and Opaque, Past and Future Session 15. Trade in Asia Session 16. Individual Papers About the Author