Perishable: Coiled Basket AMNH 29.0/6741

Summary

Coiled Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #6741. Morris FS 351. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fragments of coiled willow or sumac basket,1-rod, intricate stitch and wrap. Images: AMNH 29.0/6741A: one-rod coiling with intricate stitch. AMNH 29.0/6741B: rim fragment worked in intricate stitch. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 29, Grave 8, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:292) indicates that "a meager amount of refuse was strewn over the floor of Room 29, among which were a polished sandstone slab, a grooved ax, and a bone paddle (29.0-6733-6735). Portions of the burned ceiling were in the fill of fallen wall material. Burial No. 8 was in the northwest corner.

In the center of the north wall is a doorway 1 foot 10 inches wide, and originally more than 3 feet high, the sill being at floor level. It was completely filled, to a height of 10 inches, with sandstone masonry and thence upward the northern side was sealed with a one-course cobblestone wall, thus leaving a 10 inch recess facing Room 29. South of the center of the east wall is an unusually high and narrow door with dimensions of 1 foot 4 inches and 4 feet, leading into Room 33. This was sealed with cobblestone masonry." 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.

Also see: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part III, 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): Lori Reed

Contributor(s): Gary Brown; Anne Grulich; Aztec Ruins National Monument

Principal Investigator(s): Laurie Webster

Record Identifiers

Aztec Ruins National Monument Accession Number(s): AMNH 29.0

Notes

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: 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: Artifact is classified as a NAGPRA item; access to the image(s) is restricted. Researchers may consult with the American Museum of Natural History and the National Park Service Aztec Ruins National Monument for permission to view image(s).

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 Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, and NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

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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