Room 43 (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.

Flagstaff Black-on-white, canteen (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #4973, Morris FS ??. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Fine sand and sherd temper suggests the canteen was manufactured in the Kayenta region. Fragments represent only about 75% of vessel. No rim available for orifice measurements. Image AZRU8-4973 A: exterior view of canteen fragment showing design on vessel body and handle. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 43, Aztec West Ruin. Morris indicated that “two...

IMAGE Lori Reed.

McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #832. Morris FS 4226. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular and porphyritic igneous rock suggesting manufacture in the Middle San Juan region. Vessel is 100% restored with unknown adhesive. Measurements: 19 cm diameter, 8.2 cm height. Image AZRU1-832 A: interior view showing design. Image AZRU1-832 B: interior view showing design. Image AZRU1-832 C: closeup view of...

IMAGE Lori Reed.

McElmo Black-on-white, small ladle, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #805, Morris FS 4653. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is tentatively identified as granular igneous and sand suggesting production at Aztec. Ladle is 100% complete. Measurements: 10 cm bowl diameter, 18.2 cm length from handle to bowl rim. Image AZRU1-805 A: view showing interior design and handle design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 43, Aztec West Ruin. Morris indicated that “two floor levels were found in...

IMAGE Lori Reed.

Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #894. Morris FS 4227. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 5.3 cm orifice diameter, 12 cm height. Image AZRU1-894 A: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 B: front view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 C: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 D: view showing handle and...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 2, Room 43 overviews (room photographed in 1998 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Late PII two-story room located in the central sector of the East Wing (see Morris 1928). Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 43_1A: South interior wall SE oblique copied from IMG0069; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 43_1B: East interior wall SE oblique copied from IMG0027; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 43_1C: Close-up of east interior wall SE oblique copied from IMG0022; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 43_1D: East interior...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 2, Room 43 composite wall elevations created by splicing together multiple images (photographed in 1998 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Late PII two-story room located in the central sector of the East Wing (see Morris 1924). Image AZRU-J98.043A: South interior wall copied from IMG0067; Image AZRU-J98.043B: East interior wall composite created using IMG0017, 0021 & 0023; Image AZRU-J98.043C: North interior wall composite created using IMG0006 & 0007; Image...