Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/5289

Summary

Twined Sandal, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5289. Morris FS 39. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Twined sandal with split tapestry design, 2-strand twining (S). Images: AMNH 29.0-5289A: twined sandal, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289B: close-up of heel finish, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289C: twined sandal, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289D: close-up of toe end showing double toe loops and jogged toe, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289E: close-up of midsection, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289F: close-up of design at midsection, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289G: close-up of raised design at heel, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289H: close-up of raised design at heel under raking light, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289I: close-up of raised design at heel on underside of toe under raking light. AMNH 29.0-5289J: close-up of slit-tapestry design at midsection, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289K: close-up of sharply angled warp elements at toe, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289L: close-up of slit-tapestry design at midsection, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289M: close-up of heel finish, lower face 2. AMNH 29.0-5289N: close-up of heel finish, lower face 1. AMNH 29.0-5289O: close-up of heel finish showing exposed warp pairs, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289P: close-up of heel finish, upper face, showing center warp floating over wrapped twining and inserted throu~1. AMNH 29.0-5289Q: model of wrapped twining on lower (outer) face of heel. AMNH 29.0-5289R: model of wrapped twining on upper (inner) face of heel. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances, had been thrown in through the door connecting with the room above Room 110, forming a fan-shaped deposit, 2 feet deep, beneath the door and dwindling out in the northeast and northwest corners. Being in an outer tier, the slope above Room 122-2, was very steep, providing excellent drainage, which condition, together with the air space beneath the floor, had excluded all moisture from the refuse. This mass, of Chaco age, contained a fine assortment of textiles and other perishable artifacts (29.0-5251-5400), such as in most places is entirely decayed. The conspicuous components of the deposit, other than manufactured articles, were shreds of cedarbark, cornhusks, and cobs, strips of yucca leaf in great abundance, excrement, ashes, and floor sweepings.”

Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Gary Brown

Contributor(s): Lori Reed; Joel Gamache; Anne Grulich; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; Aztec Ruins National Monument

Principal Investigator(s): Laurie Webster

Repository(s): American Museum of Natural History

Notes

Rights & Attribution: Artifact was collected from Aztec West Ruin excavations by Earl Morris between 1916 and 1922. Morris' excavations were sponsored and funded by the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Rights & Attribution: High resolution images of the item are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Rights & Attribution: Publication or use of the image is restricted; permission may be obtained through consultation with American Museum of Natural History and Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Source Collections

Original Item: American Museum of Natural History, New York

Image: NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

Related Comparative Collections

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at American Museum of Natural History, New York

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

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