Perishable: Twined Sandals AMNH 29.0/7632

Summary

Twined Sandals, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7632. Morris FS 1225. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Pair of yucca fiber, twined sandals with striping and raised design, tied together, 2-strand twining (S). Images: AMNH 29.0/7632A: a&b, pair of twined sandals, upper face. AMNH 29.0/7632B: a&b, pair of twined sandals, lower face. AMNH 29.0/7632C: a&b, close-up of toe end showing sandals tied together. AMNH 29.0/7632D: a&b, inner surface of heel finish. AMNH 29.0/7632E: a&b, close-up of exterior surface of heel finish. AMNH 29.0/7632F: a&b, oblique view of lower face showing raised design under raking light 1. AMNH 29.0/7632G: a&b, oblique view of lower face showing raised design under raking light 2. AMNH 29.0/7632H: a, exterior view of twined heel finish. AMNH 29.0/7632I: b, exterior view of twined heel finish. AMNH 29.0/7632J: a&b, oblique view of lower face showing 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 proportion of this deposit was of vegetable substance; cornstalks, husks, tassels, and cobs, cedarbark, splinters of the same wood, as well as human excrement. This deposit of Chaco age had been completely protected from moisture and constituted, aside from some found in the caves of Del Muerto canyon, the richest repository for perishable artifacts that has come within the experience of the writer. Above this sand had worked down through the second floor before the timbers supporting the latter had failed. These had fallen in recent times, after the mound had reached its final form, as evidenced by the ragged crater left by the settling of the debris above them subsequent to their collapse” (Morris 1928:307-308).

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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