Yarn (Other Keyword)
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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: Carbonized Yarn, AMNH 29.0/7996 (2006)
Carbonized Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7996. Morris FS 1573. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Carbonized cotton yarn, plied, 2Z-S weave. Image: AMNH 29.0/7996A: carbonized cotton yarn. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 41, Grave 16, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:300) indicates that “Conditions in Room 41 are given in the description of Burial 16.1 (see Morris 1924:155). The conflagration which so badly damaged...
Perishable: Yarn and Cordage AMNH 29.0/7597 (2006)
Yarn and Cordage, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7597. Morris FS 1190. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Colored cotton yarns and highly processed yucca cordage. (Z, 2Z-S, 3Z-S, 4Z-S). Images: AMNH 29.0/7597A: brown, yellow, and white cotton yarns. AMNH 29.0/7597B: yucca or apocynum cordage, highly processed, some wrapped. 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...
Peruvian Textiles (1915)
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