Totah (Geographic Keyword)

1,326-1,346 (1,346 Records)

Perishable: Yucca Ties AZRU8-2863 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Yucca Ties, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2863. Morris FS 5288. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Collection of yucca ties of narrowleaf yucca tied with square knots. Measurements: L 23.0, W 12.0 CM. Image: AZRU8-2863 A: collection of narrowleaf yucca ties with square knots. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 189, Lower Level, Aztec West Ruin. Morris noted that Room 189 “contained the largest quantity of perishable objects from the Chaco period that have to date been taken from...


Perishable: Yucca Yarn AMNH 29.0/5272 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Yucca Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5272, (with 7729, 7599). Cat. #5272 is Morris FS 21. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fine, plied, 2(2Z-S)Z, cordage. Images: AMNH 29.0/5272A: (with 7729, 7599) possible evidence of twined sandal manufacture. AMNH 29.0/5272B: (part of), 2z-s yucca yarn, highly processed, poss for sandal weft. AMNH 29.0/5272C: (part of), 2z-s yucca yarn, highly processed, poss for sandal weft 2. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris...


Perishable: Yucca Yarn AMNH 29.0/7729 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Yucca Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7729. Morris FS 1322. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of yucca yarn, plied, 3Z-S, possibly for twined sandals. Image: AMNH 29.0/7729A: bundle of 3z-S yucca yarn, possible warp for twined sandals. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 48, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 48 at the time of excavation is as follows. “The floor was covered with refuse.. The greater proportion of this deposit was of vegetable substance;...


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.02 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 12 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room (see Richert 1964). Image AZRU-G05.02: Interior view of doorway in south wall looking SE. Image AZRU-G05.03: Interior view looking SE at intact roof.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.04 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 9 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.04: Interior view of doorway in north wall looking NNW. Image AZRU-G05.05: Interior view of doorway in north wall looking SE.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.06 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 11 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.06: Interior view of doorway in north wall looking north.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.07 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 8 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.07: Interior view of intact roof looking up and east. Image AZRU-G05.08: Interior view of intact roof looking up and south.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.11 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 7 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.11: Interior view of intact roof looking up and east. Image AZRU-G05.12: Interior view of intact roof looking up and NE. Image AZRU-G05.13: Interior view of looter's hole through west wall looking NW into wall core.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.14 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 6 (photographed by Gary Brown). First-story interstitial room NE of Kiva S. Image AZRU-G05.14: Interior view of looter's hole through east wall of kiva housing looking NE into wall core. Image AZRU-G05.15: Interior view of looter's hole through east wall of kiva housing looking NE into wall core. Image AZRU-G05.16: Interior view looking west at Kiva S wall exterior abutting north interior wall of kiva housing. Image AZRU-G05.17: Interior view looking south at...


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.20 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 14 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.20: Interior view of intact roof looking up and east. Image AZRU-G05.12: Interior view looking north through doorway in north interior wall.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.21 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 2 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.21: Interior view of intact roof and walls looking SW. Image AZRU-G05.22: Interior view looking SW through doorway in south interior wall.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.23 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 4 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.23: Interior view looking SE into looter's hole through south wall. Image AZRU-G05.24: Interior view looking south at blocked vent in south interior wall. Image AZRU-G05.25: Interior view looking up and SE through hatch in intact roof.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.26 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 4 (photographed by Gary Brown). Second story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.26: Interior view looking SW at hatch through second-story floor into first-story room.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.27 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 3 (photographed by Gary Brown). First-story interstitial room SW of Kiva S. Image AZRU-G05.27: Interior view looking SE at Kiva S wall exterior abutting south interior wall of kiva housing. Image AZRU-G05.28: Interior view looking SE at Kiva S wall exterior abutting south interior wall of kiva housing. Image AZRU-G05.29: Interior view looking NW at Kiva S wall exterior abutting west interior wall of kiva housing.


Pueblo III great house room AZRU-G05.30 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 6 (photographed by Gary Brown). First-story interstitial room NE of Kiva S. Image AZRU-G05.30: Interior view looking south at intact roof and Kiva S east buttress abutting east interior wall of kiva housing.


Pueblo III kiva in renovated rooms AZRU-G02-10 (2000)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec West, Sector 3, Kiva G (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Kiva was built in front rooms during reorganization. No publication exists on the kivas excavated by AMNH (but see unpublished Morris kiva notes). Image AZRU-G02-10: View of second story looking east from kiva enclosure toward Room 49. Image AZRU-G02-12: Overview of kiva looking west from second story Room 49. Image AZRU-G02-13: Overview of kiva interior looking south. Image AZRU-G02-14: Close-up of south recess...


West Ruin great house architectural documentation AZRU-G04-01 (2000)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec West, Architectural Documentation team (photographed by Joanie Tracy). Summer 2000 Architectural Documentation. Image AZRU-G04-01: Beth Chambers and Gary Brown in doorway of Room 118; view NW.


West Ruin great house architectural documentation AZRU-G04-02 (2000)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec West, Architectural Documentation overview (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Summer 2000 Architectural Documentation. Image AZRU-G04-02: Site overview looking north across plaza from first-story Room 151. Image AZRU-G04-03: Site overview looking SW across North Wing from third-story Room 64.


West Ruin great house architectural documentation AZRU-G04-30 (2000)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec West, Sector 6, overview (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Summer 2000 Architectural Documentation. Image AZRU-G04-30: Exterior view looking east along west facade from west of West Ruin.


West Ruin great house room backfilling AZRU-G03-11 (2000)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec West, Sector 3, Backfilling Kiva F (photographed by Gary Brown during backfilling operation). Two-story room conveyor set-up. No publication exists on the kivas excavated by AMNH (but see unpublished Morris kiva notes). Image AZRU-G03-11: Mechanical loading of conveyors for Kiva F delivery. Image AZRU-G03-12: Spreading backdirt in Kiva F. Image AZRU-G03-13: Mechanical loading of conveyors for Kiva F delivery. Image AZRU-G03-14: Mechanical loading of conveyors for Kiva F delivery. Image...


Wood Documentation AZRU-G05.01 (2001)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 7 (photographed by Gary Brown). Tree-ring sampling in Room 7. Image AZRU-G05.01: Tom Windes coring lintels in north doorway looking NE. Image AZRU-G05.09: Tom Windes sharpening coring bit. Image AZRU-G05.10: Tom Windes and Peg Kaiser collecting tree-ring core samples.