Present participle of 'amate'; the process of making, working with, or treating amate bark paper.
From 'amate' (the bark paper) plus '-ing' (forming present participles and gerunds), describing the active process of creating or using this traditional material.
The amating process—beating bark fibers until they fuse together—is a perfect example of how indigenous technologies used physics and patience instead of mechanical machinery.
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