Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8268

Summary

Twined Sandal, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog # 8268. Morris FS 1764. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Twined sandal fragments with raised design, yucca fiber 2-strand twining (S). Images: AMNH 29.0/8268A: twined sandal fragments, upper face. AMNH 29.0/8268B: twined sandal fragments, lower face. AMNH 29.0/8268C: oblique view of lower face showing raised designs. AMNH 29.0/8268D: oblique view of lower face under raking light. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 71, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:292) indicates that “On the floor of Room 71 was a thin wash of adobe. Above it were the stones which had been the components of the veneer of the greater part of the west wall and the areas over the doors in both the north and south walls…On the south end of the second floor there had been a small quantity of vegetable refuse, mostly cornhusks, tassels, and reed stems. From this were recovered pieces of tanned hide, a hide bag, a ceremonial stick, a knotted yucca strip, the border of a rush mat, and part of a cloth sandal…”

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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