Ring Basket (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...
Aztec West Ruin: Perishables and Pottery from Various National Park Service Projects and Collections
This project includes images of perishable artifacts (textiles, basketry, etc.) and pottery recovered from Aztec Ruins during the course of numerous National Park Service (NPS) projects. Some of the artifacts were donated to the NPS and may have originated at sites other than Aztec Ruins. The artifacts are part of the NPS collections and are housed at either Aztec Ruins National Monument, Hibben Center at the University of New Mexico, or Western Archeology and Conservation Center. Most of the...
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...
Perishable: Ring Basket AMNH 29.0/5299 (2006)
Ring Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5299. Morris FS 50. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited ring basket, 3/3 twill. Images: AMNH 29.0/5299A: plaited ring basket, upper face showing design. AMNH 29.0/5299B: plaited ring basket, underside showing design. 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: Ring Basket AMNH 29.0/8498 (2006)
Ring Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8498. Morris FS 1991. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Large plaited ring basket, 2/2 twill, yucca leaf. Image: AMNH 29.0/8498A: large plaited ring basket. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 72, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 72 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A layer of washed adobe 2 to 4 inches thick covered the floor of Room 72. Eleven long unpeeled willows had been left standing in the southeast corner....
Perishable: Ring Basket AMNH 29.0/8633 (2006)
Ring Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8633. Morris FS 2124. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Diamond twill plaited ring basket with two-color design. Images: AMNH 29.0/8633A: plaited ring basket with two-color design. AMNH 29.0/8633B: plaited ring basket with two-color diamond design, underside. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 78, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 78 at the time of excavation is as follows. “About three-fourths of a cord of cedar splints...
Perishable: Ring Basket AMNH 29.0/8935 (2006)
Ring Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8935. Morris FS 2429. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Detail of diamond-twill, plaited, yucca ring basket. Images: AMNH 29.0/8935A: detail of ring basket with diamond-twill design. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 95, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 95 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 7 to 10 feet from the floor of Room 95 in the masonry portion of the fill were various stone artifacts…. must have come from...
Perishable: Ring Basket AMNH 29.0/8936 (2006)
Ring Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8936. Morris FS 2430. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Rim fragments from a large, 2/2 twill, yucca leaf, ring basket. Image: AMNH 29.0/8936A: two rim fragments of large ring basket. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 95, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 95 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 7 to 10 feet from the floor of Room 95 in the masonry portion of the fill were various stone artifacts…. must have come...
Perishable: Ring Basket AZRU54-3554 (2006)
Ring Basket, Accession AZRU-00054, Catalog #3554. Other No: [Unknown]. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Very large plaited ring basket, incomplete, in 5+ pieces, with probable diamond design. Center missing. Primarily 2/2 twill with 1-, 3-, AND 4-span floats. Measurements: D 49.0 CM (largest fragment). Images: AZRU54-3554A: oversized plaited ring basket. AZRU54-3554: detail of weave structure. AZRU54-3554C: detail of rim finish. AZRU54-3554D: detail of 3 and 4-span floats. AZRU54-3554E: detail...