Room 109 (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 Lori Reed.

Escavada Black-on-white, probable frog effigy vessel (fragment), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #5023, Morris FS 4220. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Sand/sherd temper and bright white washy slip suggests the bowl was manufactured in the Chaco Cibola region. Fragments represent less than 20% of vessel. Image AZRU8-5223 A: fragment of head and face showing washy white slip and painted design. Single dot is the eye which is painted over a slight protrusion representing the eyeball of the effigy....

IMAGE Lori Reed.

McElmo Black-on-white, globular jar (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #5021, Morris FS 4220. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Diorite porphyry and sherd temper suggests the bowl was manufactured in the central Mesa Verde region. Fragments represent less than 60% of vessel. Image AZRU8-5221 A: upper body fragments of jar showing painted design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 109, lower level, Aztec West Ruin. Room 109 was described as having “two floor levels, one, 1 foot 8...