Yucca Yarn (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.

Yucca Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5272, (with 7729, 7599). Cat. #5272 is Morris FS 21. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fine, plied, 2(2Z-S)Z, cordage. Images: AMNH 29.0/5272A: (with 7729, 7599) possible evidence of twined sandal manufacture. AMNH 29.0/5272B: (part of), 2z-s yucca yarn, highly processed, poss for sandal weft. AMNH 29.0/5272C: (part of), 2z-s yucca yarn, highly processed, poss for sandal weft 2. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Yucca Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7729. Morris FS 1322. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of yucca yarn, plied, 3Z-S, possibly for twined sandals. Image: AMNH 29.0/7729A: bundle of 3z-S yucca yarn, possible warp for twined sandals. 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 proportion of this deposit was of vegetable substance;...