Plaited Basket (Other Keyword)
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This project includes images of ceramic and perishable artifacts from Accession AZRU-61 recovered during the 1984 Archeological Investigations for Modifications to West Ruin Drainage project. Excavations associated with the project were under the direction of Jim Trott of the National Park Service, Santa Fe support office. In addition to trench excavations in the Aztec West plaza, several rooms (225, 221, 222, 223, 129, 158(2), 204, 232, and 255) in the north and west wings of the great house...
Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History
Digital images of pottery and perishable items recovered from Earl Morris' excavations of Aztec West Ruin between 1916 and 1922. Although Morris' excavations at Aztec were extensive, his analysis and descriptions of the artifact assemblage were cursory. In 2003, Laurie Webster and Lori Stephens Reed began systematic analysis, documentation, and digital imaging of pottery and perishables from Morris' Aztec West Ruin collections housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and...
Perishable: Plaited Basket AMNH 29.0/7727 (2006)
Plaited Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7727. Morris FS 1320. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Miniature plaited ring basket, 2/2 twill, yucca leaf. Images: AMNH 29.0/7727A: miniature ring basket. AMNH 29.0/7727B: underside showing 90 degree self selvages. 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...
Perishable: Plaited Basket AMNH 29.0/8988 (2006)
Plaited Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8988. Morris FS 2482. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited, diamond-twill, yucca-leaf ring-basket base with two color design. Images: AMNH 29.0/8988A: plaited basket, two-color design, base. AMNH 29.0/8988B: plaited ring basket 2-color design. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 94, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 94 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A thin stratum of ashy earth…. on the floor of Room 94. The...
Perishable: Plaited Basket AZRU61-9203 (2006)
Plaited Basket, Accession AZRU-00061, Catalog #9203. FS 174. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Three large fragments of a plaited basket with an ornamental rim braid; part of same basket as AZRU61-9416 and AZRU61-9448. Measurements: 4.5 L, 19.0 W CM (largest). Images: AZRU61-9203 A: plaited basket fragments. AZRU61-9203 B: detail of rim braid. AZRU61-9203 C: detail of rim braid 2. AZRU61-9203 D: detail of rim braid 3. AZRU61-9203 E: detail of rim braid 4. Recovered from Room 225, 180-200 CM bel...
Perishable: Plaited Ring Basket AZRU1-1031 (2006)
Plaited Ring Basket, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #1031. Morris FS 4022. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Ring basket with two-color (black, natural) concentric diamond design. Measurements: D 19.0, H 4.5 CM. Image AZRU1-1031 A: two-color plaited ring basket with diamond design. Image AZRU1-1031 B: other face. Image AZRU1-1031 C: side view showing 3-strand twining with two-span floats. Image AZRU1-1031 D: square knot joining twining cords. Image AZRU1-1031 E: interior showing one-span...
Perishable: Plaited Ring Basket AZRU1-1032 (2006)
Plaited Ring Basket, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #1032. Morris FS 5550. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Ring basket with two-color (brown, natural) concentric diamond design. Measurements: D 23.0, H 9.0 CM. Image AZRU1-1032 A: plaited ring basket 2. AZRU1-1032 B: design detail, upper face. AZRU1-1032 C: detail of design, upper face. AZRU1-1032 D: plaited ring basket 1. AZRU1-1032 E: design detail, lower face. AZRU1-1032 F: plaited ring basket in exhibit case 1. AZRU1-1032 G: plaited ring...