Twined Cord (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: Twined Cord AMNH 29.0/7364 (2006)
Twined Cord, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7364. Morris FS 956. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Header cord from blanket, 2(2Z-S)Z, 2-strand twining (S). Images: AMNH 29.0/7364A: header cord from twined robe. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 54, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:309) indicates that “The first 1 ½ feet of fill in Room 54 consisted of fallen masonry and the uncharred wood of a ceiling which had been supported by two transverse pairs of cedar logs. The interstices...