Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/9926

Summary

Willow Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9926. Morris FS 3410. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Sewn mat of willow wood and yucca fiber. Image: AMNH 29.0/9926A: sewn willow mat. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 134-2, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 134-2 at the time of excavation is as follows. “In the center of the floor of Room 134-2 was a fireplace, 1 foot 7 inches in diameter and 7 inches deep. A bin 2 and one-half feet square occupied the southwest corner. The east and west walls, as well as those of the room forming the other side, were of sandstone. The door in the center of the west wall, 2 feet 5 inches wide, 4 feet high, with sill 2 feet from the floor, had been sealed from the side of this room….There was a meager amount of refuse on the floor, thickest adjacent to the bin…. In the debris above the refuse were cottonwood poles and cedar splints from the ceiling, and fragments of ornamental willow matting.” (Morris1928: 373) 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): Lori Reed

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

Notes

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.

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.

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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