San Juan County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
12,201-12,225 (14,642 Records)
Perforated Horn Disk, Accession AZRU-0001, Catalog #3926. Morris FS 5496. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Perforated horn disk with numerous scratches on both surfaces. Measurements: D 6.2, TH 0.25, D hole 0.7 CM. Image: AZRU1-3926 A: Perforated Horn Disk. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 193, Aztec West Ruin. For Room 193 Morris described typical architectural features and “refuse that had been deposited on the second floor, including fragments of a considerable number of...
Perishable: Pitch Artifacts AMNH 29.0/5340 (2006)
Pitch Artifacts, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5340. Morris FS 90. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Five bundles of yucca, cedar, plant fibers enclosing pitch. Images: AMNH 29.0/5340A: five pitch artifacts in box. AMNH 29.0/5340B: pine pitch, some wrapped in yucca leaves. AMNH 29.0/5340C: two chunks of pitch wrapped in remnants of juniper bark. AMNH 29.0/5340D: pitch enclosed in yucca fiber. Additional daubs of pitch on surface. AMNH 29.0/5340E: pitch enclosed in degraded bundle of yucca...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/5297 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5297. Morris FS 48. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush bag, 2/2 twill. Images: AMNH 29.0/5297A: plaited rush bag. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances, had been thrown in through the door connecting with the room above Room 110, forming a...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/7370 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7370. Morris FS 962. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush bag with tapered mouth, 2/2 twill. Images: AMNH 29.0/7370A: plaited rush bag. AMNH 29.0/7370B: detail of mouth opening, lower left and right. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 54, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:309) indicates that “The first 1 ½ feet of fill in Room 54 consisted of fallen masonry and the uncharred wood of a ceiling which had been supported by two...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/7708 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7708. Morris FS 1301. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush bag or pouch with tapered mouth. Image: AMNH 29.0/7708A: mouth of plaited bag. 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; cornstalks, husks, tassels, and cobs, cedarbark, splinters...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/8852 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8852. Morris FS 2342. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Half of a plaited rush bag with tapered mouth filled with corn tassels. Image: AMNH 29.0/8852A: half of plaited rush bag filled with corn tassels. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 115, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 115 at the time of excavation is as follows: “Upon the floor of Room 115 were quantities of gypsum and a gray shaly clay, probably materials used in...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/9464 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9464. Morris FS2948. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush and yucca fiber bag with tapered mouth, 2/2 twill. Image: AMNH 29.0/9464A: plaited rush bag. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 139, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 139 at the time of excavation is as follows: “When the writer broke through the veneer of masonry which sealed the north side of the door leading into Room 139 from Room 143, the condition of the...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/9963 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9963. Morris FS 3444. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush bag with tapered mouth, 2-2 twill. Images: AMNH 29.0-9963A: mouth opening of a 2-2 plaited rush bag, inside out. AMNH 29.0/9963B: mouth opening of a 2-2 plaited rush bag, inside out, other face. AMNH 29.0/9963C: close-up showing 2-2 twill-woven elements. AMNH 29.0/9963D: close-up showing added row of elements below mouth opening 1. AMNH 29.0/9963E: close-up showing added row of...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.1/0025 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.1, Catalog #0025. Morris FS 3505. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited 2/2-twill and 3/3-twill bag with tapered mouth; rush, yucca and corn tassels. Images: AMNH 29.1/0025A: plaited rush bag. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 135-2, Grave 34, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 135-2 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A cobblestone-lined firepit, 1 foot 8 inches in...
Perishable: Plaited Bag AZRU8-1805 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #1805. Morris FS 5296. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Elongated plaited rush bag, 2/2 weave, filled with well-preserved feather-wrapped yucca cordage. Measurements: L 36.0, W 18.0 CM. Width of mouth opening 10.0 CM. Images: AZRU8-1805 A: plaited bag, stuffed with feather-wrapped cordage. AZRU8-1805 B: plaited bag. AZRU8-1805 C: detail of mouth opening. AZRU8-1805 D: detail of mouth opening 2. AZRU8-1805 E: detail of mouth opening 3. AZRU8-1805 F:...
Perishable: Plaited Bag, AMNH 29.0/9663 (2006)
Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9663. Morris FS 3148. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush bag with tapered mouth, 2/2 twill w 1+3-span floats. Image: AMNH 29.0/9663A: plaited rush bag. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 141, Grave 29, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 141 at the time of excavation is as follows. “Neither floor nor ceiling of Room 141 showed the slightest discoloration such...
Perishable: Plaited Band AMNH 29.0/5290 (2006)
Plaited Band, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5290. Morris FS 40. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited yucca band, 1/1 oblique plaiting. Images: AMNH 29.0/5290A: yucca 1-1 plaited band in process of manufacture. AMNH 29.0/5290B: yucca 1-1 plaited band, other face. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances,...
Perishable: Plaited Band AMNH 29.0/8504 (2006)
Plaited Band, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8504. Morris FS 1997. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. 1/1 plaited yucca band of serpentine form. Images: AMNH 29.0/8504A: 1-1 plaited yucca object of serpentine form, one face 1. AMNH 29.0/8504B: 1-1 plaited yucca object of serpentine form, one face 2. AMNH 29.0/8504C: 1-1 plaited yucca object of serpentine form, one face 3. AMNH 29.0/8504D: 1-1 plaited yucca object of serpentine form, other face 1. AMNH 29.0/8504E: 1-1 plaited yucca object of...
Perishable: Plaited Band AMNH 29.0/8619 (2006)
Plaited Band, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8619. Morris FS 2110. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited yucca band in process of manufacture, 1/1 plaiting, overhand knot. Images: AMNH 29.0/8619A: narrow 1-1 plaited band in process of manufacture, one face. AMNH 29.0/8619B: narrow 1-1 plaited band in process of manufacture, other face. AMNH 29.0/8619C: close-up showing elements bound together with overhand knot. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 78, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’...
Perishable: Plaited Band AZRU61-9367 (2006)
Plaited Band, Accession AZRU-00061, Catalog #9367. FS 172. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Unfinished narrow band with 2 complete selvages, tapered. Measurements:7.0 L, 5.5 W CM (entire object). Image: AZRU61-9367 A: plaited band with 1-1 weave. Recovered from Room 225, 180-200 CM bel 2nd datum, ash layer, Aztec West Ruin.
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 Basket AZRU61-9448 (2006)
Plaited Basket, Accession AZRU-00061, Catalog #9448. FS 174. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Two body fragments of a plaited basket; part of same basket as AZRU61-9203 and AZRU61-9416. Measurements: 8.0 L, 7.0 W (more intact frag). Image: AZRU61-9448 A: fragment of plaited ring basket with diamond-twill weave. Recovered from Room 225, 180-200 CM bel 2nd datum, Aztec West Ruin.
Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0-8956 (2006)
Plaited Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8956. Morris FS 2450. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Incomplete plaited 2/2 twill rush mat. Images: AMNH 29.0-8956A: incomplete 2-2 plaited rush mat. AMNH 29.0-8956B: close-up of intricate selvage showing S-twining. AMNH 29.0-8956C: close-up of rounded corner showing dark end of element in selvage. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 95, Grave 20, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’...
Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0-9662 (2006)
Plaited Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog # 9662. Morris FS 3147. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited 2/2 twill mat with intricate selvage. Image: AMNH 29.0-9662A: 2-2 matting with intricate selvage. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 141, Grave 29, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 141 at the time of excavation is as follows. “Neither floor nor ceiling of Room 141 showed the slightest discoloration such...
Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/6792 (2006)
Plaited Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6792. Morris FS 402. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited mat, 2/2 twill, some 3-span floats. Image: AMNH 29.0/6792A: plaited matting. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West Ruin. Morris describes Kiva D as having “been burned before its original contents were removed….Quantities of charcoal covered the floor. The adobe from the roof was fused in places and in others burned to the consistency of brick. The space above was...
Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/7413 (2006)
Plaited Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7413. Morris FS 1005. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush mat, 2/2 TWILL with traces of paint. Images: AMNH 29.0/7413A: plaited mat with traces of black, red, and green-blue paint. AMNH 29.0/7413B: painted fragment. AMNH 29.0/7413C: detail of painted mat. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 62-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris’ (1928:317) description of Room 62-2 is as follows: “A rat nest of which the major constituent was about six...
Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/8955 (2006)
Plaited Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8955. Morris FS 2449. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Complete, plaited 2/2 twill rush mat with two-tone design. Images: AMNH 29.0/8955A: complete 2-2 plaited rush mat with two-tone design. AMNH 29.0/8955B: close-up of one corner showing two-tone design. AMNH 29.0/8955C: oblique view of mat showing two-tone design 1. AMNH 29.0/8955D: oblique view of mat showing two-tone design 2. AMNH...
Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/9467 (2006)
Plaited Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9467. Morris FS 2951. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited 2/2 twill rush mat with intricate selvage. Image: AMNH 29.0/9467A: large section of mat with intricate selvage. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 139, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 139 at the time of excavation is as follows: “When the writer broke through the veneer of masonry which sealed the north side of the door leading into Room 139 from Room 143, the...