Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 1. Ecuador before the Incas -- The Geography of Ecuador (Karen Olsen Bruhns) -- An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ecuador (Karen Olsen Bruhns) -- Costume in Ecuador before the Incas (Karen Olsen Bruhns) -- Evidence for Pre-Inca Textiles (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 2. Ecuador under the Inca Empire -- The Incas in Quito (John Howland Rowe) -- Costume under the Inca Empire (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 3. Ecuador under the Spanish Empire -- An Introduction to the History of Colonial Ecuador (Suzanne Austin) -- Colonial Costume (Lynn A. Meisch) -- Chapter 4. Historical Developments in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Ecuador (Margaret Young-Sánchez) -- Chapter 5. Carchi Province (Ecuador) and the Department of Nariño (Colombia) (Joanne Rappaport) -- Chapter 6. Costume in Imbabura Province -- Otavalo (Lynn A. Meisch) -- Natabuela (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Eastern Imbabura and Northeastern Pichincha Provinces (Lynn A. Meisch and Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 7. Costume in Southern Pichincha Province (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 8. Costume in Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, and Bolívar Provinces (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 9. Costume in Chimborazo and Cañar Provinces -- Chapter 10. Azuay Province -- The Cholos of Azuay: Historical Introduction (Margaret Young-Sánchez) -- Historic Costume in Azuay (Lynn A. Meisch and Ann Pollard Rowe) -- Chapter 11. Saraguro Costume in Loja Province (Lynn A. Meisch) -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Glossary (Ann Pollard Rowe) -- References Cited -- Contributors -- Index.