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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.

Hide Triangle, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #1753. Morris [None]. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Triangular piece of hide painted red on one face. Buckskin thong tied through pair of holes at tapered end. Measurements: L 7.0, W 3.5 hide only, L 11.0 with thong CM. Image: AZRU8-1753 A: Hide triangle painted red on one face with thong tied through end. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 203, Aztec West Ruin. No published information on this room.