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Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History
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...


Perishable: Stalk with Fiber AZRU8-2752 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Stalk with Fiber, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2752. Morris FS 4089. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Mass of white fiber adhering to stalk. Looks like cotton fiber under the microscope (100X). No cotton seeds in sample. Measurements: Not measured. Images: AZRU8-2752 A: cotton fiber adhering to stalk. AZRU8-2752 B: cotton fiber under microscope 1. AZRU8-2752 C: cotton fiber under microscope 2. AZRU8-2752 D: cotton fiber under microscope 3. AZRU8-2752 E: cotton fiber under microscope 4. Not...