Cotton Braid (Other Keyword)

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...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Cotton Braid, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8397. Morris FS 1890. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Flat, knotted, cotton braid with square knot at one end. Images: AMNH 29.0/8397A: flat cotton braid. AMNH 29.0/8397B: close-up of square knot at one end. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches of washed sand and adobe covered the floor of Room 80….The veneer of...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Bundle of Cotton Braid, Accession AZRU-0008, Catalog #530. Morris FS 5249. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. More than 2M of 10-strand cotton braid gathered into a bundle. Measurements: L 6.5, W 4.0 CM; DIA CORD 0.3 CM. Image: AZRU8-530 A: Bundle of Cotton Braid. Image: AZRU8-530 B: detail showing end tucked under. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Aztec West Ruin. Morris noted that Room 189 “contained the largest quantity of perishable objects from the Chaco period that have to date...