Perishable: Wood Billet AZRU8-2607

Summary

Wood Billet, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2607. Morris FS 5561. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Billet of wood, ends rounded, with crosswise scoring. Measurements: L 13.0, D 5.2 CM Image: AZRU8-2607 A: billet of wood with crosswise cut marks. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room194-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris described Room 194 as having a “small chamber partitioned off from the original area of Room 194 by the later re-occupants who built a wattle and daub wall. The floor of 194 was tinted red, as were the walls to a height of 2 feet 2 inches. Thence upward the plaster was white, except for series of red triangles pointing upward from the basal zone of the same color. These occurred in groups of three.” (Morris 1928:362)

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; 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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