Using Cross-Media Approaches to Understand an Invisible Industry: How Cotton Production Influenced Pottery Designs and Kiva Murals in Cedar Mesa Stefani A. Crabtree 1,2 and Benjamin A. Bellorado 3 1 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 2 Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France 3 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA stefanicrabtree@gmail.com In this paper we present evidence through a cross-media and contextual com- parison approach that cotton textile production had major economic and ideo- logical importance to Ancestral Pueblo peoples living in the greater Cedar Mesa area during the Woodenshoe and Redhouse Phases (A.D. 1165–1270). First, we present the current data available for direct evidence of cotton textile production from archaeological contexts. Then, we use a cross-media approach to look for evidence of cotton textile production in the media of pottery and kiva mural design motifs. Given the extensive nature of cotton textile production at several sites in the area and the pervasive cotton- textile-based designs on pottery and in kiva murals in the area, we argue that the greater Cedar Mesa area was an important gateway for cotton technol- ogies and imagery between the Kayenta and Mesa Verde areas that afforded the peoples greater access and control over cotton textile production and dis- tribution. En este artículo presentamos evidencias a través un enfoque comparativo entre cross-media y un análisis contextual que la producción de textiles de algodón tenía una importancia mayor económica e ideológica para los Ancestral Pueblos que vivían en área mayor de Cedar Mesa durante las fases de Wooden- shoe y Redhouse Phases (A.D. 1165–1270). Primero, presentamos los datos actuables que están disponibles sobre la evidencia directa de la producción de textiles de algodón de contextos arqueológicos. Entonces, utilizamos un enfoque de cross-media para buscar evidencias de la producción de textiles de algodón en cerámica, y motivos en diseño de murales de kivas. Dada la kiva, Vol. 82 No. 2, June, 2016, 174–200 Copyright © 2016 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. All rights reserved. DOI 10.1080/00231940.2016.1199941