PII/PIII black on white human effigy (Other Keyword)

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Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History
PROJECT Lori Reed. Laurie Webster.

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...


Ceramic: PII/III black-on-white human effigy appendage, AMNH 29.0/7526 (2004)
IMAGE Lori Reed.

Pueblo II/III style black-on-white, appendage human effigy (Analysis Lori Reed 2004). Image AMNH 29.0/7526 A: front view. Image AMNH 29.0/7526 B: side view. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 48, West Ruin, Aztec Ruins. 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; cornstalks, husks, tassels, and cobs, cedarbark, splinters of the same wood, as well...