Kiva D (Other Keyword)

PROJECT Gary Brown.

This project includes architectural wall elevation images of individual rooms in the great house at Aztec West Ruin. Most of the images were photographed prior to backfilling efforts and during architectural documentation in West Ruin. Most of the images are composites of multiple photographs that were spliced together in Adobe Photoshop to reconstruct the entire wall elevation. Each individual image is a high-resolution, rectified photograph that was created either using a digital camera or...

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...

PROJECT Gary Brown.

This project includes rectified images of architectural features and masonry in rooms at Aztec West Ruin. The images were taken prior to backfilling efforts and during architectural documentation. Digital images were created either using a digital camera or scanned from photographic slides. To date, photographs from the east wing and northeastern corner of West Ruin have been ingested into tDAR.

IMAGE Lori Reed.

Nava Black-on-white, Chuskan, ladle, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6758. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Trachyte temper. Ladle is 100% complete. Measurements: 6.9 cm orifice diameter (estimate), 3.5 cm height. Image AMNH 29.0/6758 A: view of exterior ladle base showing hard surface wear on bowl. Image AMNH 29.0/6758 B: top view showing interior ladle bowl design, handle, and intensive dipper wear on the rim surface opposite of handle. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West...

IMAGE Lori Reed.

Untempered mudware, miniature bowl, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6754. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Temper is fine quartz sand in a silty low fired paste. Bowl is 100% complete, with only a small nick in the rim. Measurements: 8.7 cm orifice diameter, 5.4 cm height. Image AMNH 29.0/6754 A: exterior view showing shape of bowl. Image AMNH 29.0/6754 B: interior view showing polished surface. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West Ruin. Morris describes Kiva D as having “been...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 1, Kiva D overviews (room photographed in 1998 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Early PIII above ground kiva added to south East Wing of West Ruin(see Morris 1924, 1928). Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_1A: SE Quad overview looking east copied from IMG0022; Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_1B: SE quad overview looking SE copied from IMG0023; Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_1C: SE quad overview looking south copied from IMG0024; Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_1D: NE quad overview copied from...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 1, Kiva D southern recess overviews (room photographed in 1998 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Early PIII above ground kiva added to south East Wing of West Ruin(see Morris 1924, 1928). Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_2A: Close-up of southern recess copied from IMG0044; Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_2B: East wall of southern recess copied from IMG0045; Image AZRU-E Wing_Kiva D_2C: West wall of southern recess copied from IMG0046. References: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 1, Kiva D composite quadrant elevations created by splicing together multiple images (photographed in 1998 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Early PIII above ground kiva added to south East Wing (see Morris 1924). Image AZRU-J98.KivaD.A: SW quad composite created using IMG0036 & 0037; Image AZRU-J98.KivaD.B: SE quad composite created using IMG0017, 0018 & 0019; Image AZRU-J98.KivaD.C: NE quad copied from IMG0019; Image AZRU-J98.KivaD.D: NW quad composite created using...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Carbonized Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6795. Morris FS 405. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Carbonized coiled basket base, 2 rod and welt/bundle, bunched. Image: AMNH 29.0-6795 A: carbonized coiled basket base in plaster mount. 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...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Carbonized Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6793. Morris FS 403. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Carbonized coil basket fragments, 2 rod and welt/bundle, bunched. Image: AMNH 29.0/6793A: carbonized basket, upper is one rod, remainder are two rod-and-bundle. 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...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Carbonized Fabric, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6786. Morris FS 396. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Carbonized sandal and cotton fabric fragments from child burial. Images: AMNH 29.0/6786_1A: fragments of carbonized cotton 2-1 twill-weave cloth. AMNH 29.0/6786_3B: carbonized twined sandal fragment. AMNH 29.0/6786_1C: close-up of seamed piece of cloth. AMNH 29.0/6786_1D: close-up of another seamed piece of cloth. Recovered from Earl...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Carbonized Fabric fused to Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6787. Morris FS 397. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Carbonized cotton fused to matting. Measurements: Images: AMNH 29.0/6787_1A: carbonized cotton 2-1 (probably) twill cloth fused to 2-2 matting. AMNH 29.0/6787_1B: close-up. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Kiva D, Child Burial, Aztec West Ruin. Morris describes Kiva D as having “been burned before its original...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Carbonized Fabric, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6788. Morris FS 398. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Cotton twill fabric fused to matting. Images: AMNH 29.0/6788_1A: carbonized cotton twill (probably)-weave cloth fused to matting, on plaster base. AMNH 29.0/6788_1B: close-up of carbonized cotton cloth on plaster base 1. AMNH 29.0/6788_1C: close-up of carbonized cotton cloth on plaster base 2. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

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...