Ceramic: Slipped white, effigy appendage, AZRU-00001/645

Summary

Slipped white, effigy appendage (arm or leg) (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #645, Morris FS 4622. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is trachyte indicating production in the Chuska region. Appendage fragment probably represents less than 5% of original effigy. Image AZRU1-645 A: side view of effigy appendage. Image AZRU1-645 B: longitudinal view of appendage. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva R, Aztec West Ruin. No published description of Kiva R available.

Cite this Record

Ceramic: Slipped white, effigy appendage, AZRU-00001/645. Lori Reed. 2006. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 374097) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8D798GF


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): Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; Lori Reed; Aztec Ruins National Monument

Principal Investigator(s): Lori Reed

Repository(s): American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY

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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