Perishable: Brush AZRU8-1348
Part of the Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History project
Creator(s): Laurie Webster
Year: 2006
Summary
Brush. Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #1348. Morris FS 3729-A. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Brush made of a bundle of unidentified stiff plant material wrapped crosswise with 2S-Z yucca cordage tied in a knot. Measurements: L 21.5, D 2.7 where bound. Image: AZRU8-1348 A: Yucca or pine needle brush. AZRU8-1348 B: Yucca or pine needle brush. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 147, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 147 at the time of excavation is as follows: “the immediate floor covering was a foot of refuse, with Burials Nos. 60 and 61 on the surface of the refuse…[long listing of artifacts]… In each end of the west wall is a ventilator opening and in the north half of the east wall is a hole made by relic hunters…The one ceiling support was a pine trunk extending from north to south. The poles were of cottonwood, spaced in threes, and spanning the entire length of the room. The support broke, first at the center, and again at the north wall. In consequence, the ceiling bagged down more than 2 feet at the central point and probably would have completely fallen during the last forty years, wreaking havoc with the contents of Room 136-2, had not the early visitors to the ruin set up a post with a cap piece beneath the break in the stringer” (Morris 1928:379).
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: Brush AZRU8-1348. Laurie Webster. 2006. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 373762) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BK19SC
Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin
Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Settlements
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Town / City
Investigation Types
Collections Research
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Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM
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Aztec West Ruin
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Brush
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Perishable Artifacts
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Plant Bundle
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Room 147
Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley
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Four Corners Region
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Middle San Juan
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San Juan Basin
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Totah
Temporal Keywords
Late Chacoan - Post Chacoan Period
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 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Gary Brown
Contributor(s): Lori Reed; Joel Gamache; Anne Grulich; American Museum of Natural History; Aztec Ruins National Monument
Principal Investigator(s): Laurie Webster
Repository(s): Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
Record Identifiers
Aztec Ruins National Monument Accession Number(s): AZRU-00008
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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