Room 80 (Other Keyword)

PROJECT Gary Brown.

This project includes architectural wall elevation images of individual rooms in the great house at Aztec West Ruin. Most of the images were photographed prior to backfilling efforts and during architectural documentation in West Ruin. Most of the images are composites of multiple photographs that were spliced together in Adobe Photoshop to reconstruct the entire wall elevation. Each individual image is a high-resolution, rectified photograph that was created either using a digital camera or...

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...

PROJECT Gary Brown.

This project includes rectified images of architectural features and masonry in rooms at Aztec West Ruin. The images were taken prior to backfilling efforts and during architectural documentation. Digital images were created either using a digital camera or scanned from photographic slides. To date, photographs from the east wing and northeastern corner of West Ruin have been ingested into tDAR.

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 3, Room 80 overviews (room photographed in 1999 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Late PII two-story room located in the NE sector of the East Wing (see Morris 1928). Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 80_2A: East jamb of 1st story north interior wall doorway copied from AZRU1999R70021; AZRU-E Wing_Room 80_2B: Close-up of 1st story north interior wall doorway copied from AZRU1999R70022; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 80_2C: West jamb of 1st story north interior wall doorway copied from...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 3, Room 80 overviews (room photographed in 1999 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Late PII two-story room located in the NE sector of the East Wing (see Morris 1928). Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 80_1A: Upper south interior wall SE oblique copied from AZRU1999R60002; AZRU-E Wing_Room 80_1B: Lower south interior wall SE oblique copied from AZRU1999R50037; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 80_1C: Upper north interior wall NE oblique copied from AZRU1999R80017; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room...

IMAGE Gary Brown. Joel Gamache.

Aztec West, Sector 3, Room 80 composite wall elevations created by splicing together multiple images (photographed in 1999 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling). Late PII two-story room located in the NE Sector of the East Wing (see Morris 1924). Image AZRU-J99.080A: South interior wall composite created using AZRU1999R50035-AZRU1999R50037; Image AZRU-J99.080B: North interior wall composite created using AZRU1999R80008, AZRU1999R80010, AZRU1999R80018 & AZRU1999R80019; Image AZRU-J99.080C:...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Cornhusk Package, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8377. Morris FS 1872. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Cornhusk package, folded, wrapped yucca and cornhusk. Images: AMNH 29.0/8377A: cornhusk package. AMNH 29.0/8377B: cornhusk package, other face. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches of washed sand and adobe covered the floor of Room 80….The veneer of the...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Cotton Braid, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8397. Morris FS 1890. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Flat, knotted, cotton braid with square knot at one end. Images: AMNH 29.0/8397A: flat cotton braid. AMNH 29.0/8397B: close-up of square knot at one end. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches of washed sand and adobe covered the floor of Room 80….The veneer of...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Cotton Cloth, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8395. Morris FS 1888. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Deteriorated cotton 1/1 plain-weave cloth. Image: AMNH 29.0/8395A: deteriorated cotton plain-weave cloth. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches of washed sand and adobe covered the floor of Room 80….The veneer of the south wall, from the bottom of the door to...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Cotton Cloth, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8396. Morris FS 1889. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Banded colored cotton fabric, 2/1 twill woven and 1/1 plain-woven. Image: AMNH 29.0/8396A: twill and plain-weave cotton cloth. AMNH 29.0/8396B: close-up of twill and plain-weave cloth 1. AMNH 29.0/8396C: close-up of twill and plain-weave cloth 2. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Pot Rest, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8388. Morris FS 1882. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited pot rest, 2/2 twill, yucca. Image: AMNH 29.0/8388A: plaited pot rest. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches of washed sand and adobe covered the floor of Room 80….The veneer of the south wall, from the bottom of the door to the ceiling level, had fallen,...

IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Yucca Bundle, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8373. Morris FS 1868. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of wrapped yucca strips, 2(2Z-S)Z twining. Images: AMNH 29.0/8373A: bundle of yucca strips. AMNH 29.0/8373B: close-up 1. AMNH 29.0/8373C: close-up 2. AMNH 29.0/8373D: close-up 3. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 80, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 80 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches of washed sand and adobe covered...