Perishable: Coiled Basket AZRU1-1033

Summary

Coiled Basket, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #1033. Morris FS 5256. Analyzed by Laurie Webster and Ed Jolie, 2006. Coiled basket bowl, base repaired with a coiled plaque decorated with a Mesa Verde-period design. Bowl is two-rod stacked; base plaque is two-rod and welt/bundle foundation. Measurements: D 28.5, H 8.0 CM. Image AZRU1-1033 A: coiled basket, base repaired with a coiled plaque. AZRU1-1033 B: detail. AZRU1-1033 C: detail of center 1. AZRU1-1033 D: detail of center 2. AZRU1-1033 E: side view 1. AZRU1-1033 F: side view 2. AZRU1-1033 G, side view 3. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 189, Upper Level, Aztec West Ruin. Morris noted that Room 189 “contained the largest quantity of perishable objects from the Chaco period that have to date been taken from any chamber in the western half of the pueblo. [Later occupants] laid down a 1 to 3 inch floor of adobe upon the earlier refuse and a bin was built up in the northwest corner” (Morris1928:371).

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.

Cite this Record

Perishable: Coiled Basket AZRU1-1033. Laurie Webster. 2006. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 373731) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8S46Q3M

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.038; min lat: 36.803 ; max long: -107.955; max lat: 36.861 ;

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: Property of American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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

Original Item: Housed at 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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