If it weren’t for textile dying advancements made 6,200 years ago, people today might not be wearing blue jeans as a wardrobe staple. Associate Research Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey Splitstoser has identified a 6,200-year-old textile dyed indigo-blue from Huaca, Peru, a piece of dyed cotton produced more than 1,800 years before the previously known oldest textile in that color.
Columbian College Researcher Identifies Oldest Textile Dyed Indigo
The indigo-blue cloth found in Peru was determined to be 6,200 years old.
September 14, 2016