Room A.14 (Other Keyword)
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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...
Ceramic: Mesa Verde style corrugated, globular jar, AZRU1-1034 (2011)
Mesa Verde style corrugated, globular jar, complete vessel, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #1034, Morris FS 5165. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Granular igneous rock temper suggests manufacture at Aztec. Image AZRU1-1034A: exterior view. Image AZRU1-1034B: exterior view closeup of corrugations. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room A.14, Aztec West Ruin Annex. Earl Morris (1924: 236) provides only a cursory description of Room A.14: “Against the north wall of Room A.14, 1 ½ feet east of...