Grave 8 (Other Keyword)
1-2 (2 Records)
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: Coiled Basket AMNH 29.0/6741 (2006)
Coiled Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6741. Morris FS 351. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fragments of coiled willow or sumac basket,1-rod, intricate stitch and wrap. Images: AMNH 29.0/6741A: one-rod coiling with intricate stitch. AMNH 29.0/6741B: rim fragment worked in intricate stitch. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 29, Grave 8, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:292) indicates that "a meager amount of refuse was...