Room 48 (Other Keyword)

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.

Twined Sandal, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7641. Morris FS 1234. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plain twined sandal, yucca fiber, 2-strand twining (S), paired warp. Images: AMNH 29.0/7641A: twined sandal, upper face. AMNH 29.0/7641B: twined sandal, lower face. No evidence of raised design. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 48, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 48 at the time of excavation is as follows. “The floor was covered with refuse.. The greater...