 It all started while undertaken field work on another investigation (traditional production of sugar cane and brown sugar), he accidentally met three old ladies that were processing cotton fibre by ancient techniques.The results of this research were published in three places (two editions of " Vida y muerte del algodón y los textiles santandereanos ", Universidad Javeriana, 1981, new and revised edition, editorial Ecoe, 1989; " Historia del algodón en Santander ", Banco de la República, 1990).Later on, two other researchers studied other aspects of the local textile production and new information was thus published.