Painted Basket (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...
Perishable: Painted Basket AMNH 29.0/5376 (2006)
Painted Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5376. Morris FS 126. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fragment of painted clay coating on basket, 2 rod and welt/bundle. Image: AMNH 29.0/5376A: zigzag design on one face of painted basket 'lacquer'. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances, had been thrown in...
Perishable: Painted Basket AMNH 29.0/7481 (2006)
Painted Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog # 7481. Morris FS 1074. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Painted, clay-coating fragments from a coiled 3 rod and welt/bundle basket. Images: AMNH 29.0/7481A: painted basket, clay coating. AMNH 29.0/7481B: painted basket, clay coating showing basket impressions. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 65, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:337) indicates that “The west end of the [Room 65] was filled to a depth of 7 feet with refuse which...