Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History

Summary

Digital images of pottery and perishable items recovered from Earl Morris' excavations of Aztec West Ruin between 1916 and 1922. Although Morris' excavations at Aztec were extensive, his analysis and descriptions of the artifact assemblage were cursory. In 2003, Laurie Webster and Lori Stephens Reed began systematic analysis, documentation, and digital imaging of pottery and perishables from Morris' Aztec West Ruin collections housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico. Although their work with the Aztec Ruins collections continues, this tDAR project includes images of all pottery and perishable artifacts documented by the researchers through 2011. Documentation of the artifacts was undertaken as part of several research projects involving the Chacoan and post-Chacoan occupations of Aztec Ruins and other sites in the Middle San Juan region of northwestern New Mexico.

Cite this Record

Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History. ( tDAR id: 365184) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8FF3TS0

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Ceramic • Wood

Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM • Aztec West Ruin • Basketry • Ceramic • Hide Artifacts • Mancos Black-on-white • McElmo Black-On-White • Mesa Verde Black-On-White • Perishable Artifacts • Pottery • Textile Artifacts • Wood Artifact

Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley • Four Corners Region • Middle San Juan • San Juan Basin • 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; David Hurst Thomas

Principal Investigator(s): Lori Reed; Laurie Webster

Repository(s): American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM

Record Identifiers

AMNH Accession Number(s): AMNH 29.0; AMNH 29.1

NPS Accession Number(s): AZRU-00001; AZRU-00008

Notes

General Note: Some items are from burial contexts. Access to images of these items is restricted and only available through consultation with NPS and AMNH

General Note: High resolution images are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

General Note: Publication or use of images is restricted; permission may be obtained through consultation with American Museum of Natural History and Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Source Collections

Image: NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

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

Related Comparative Collections

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at American Museum of Natural History, New York

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-100 of 852)

  • Images (852)

Images

  1. Ceramic: Aztec Black, bowl, AMNH29.0/8701 (2004)
  2. Ceramic: Aztec Black, bowl, AZRU1-851 (2011)
  3. Ceramic: Chaco Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/7521 (2004)
  4. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4603 (2006)
  5. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white human humpback effigy AMNH29.1/3209 (2004)
  6. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl (fragment), AZRU-00008/4991 (2006)
  7. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl (fragment), AZRU-00008/4992 (2006)
  8. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl (fragment), AZRU-00008/4993 (2006)
  9. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6898 (2004)
  10. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6980 (2004)
  11. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6986 (2004)
  12. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6988 (2004)
  13. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH29.0/8096 (2004)
  14. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/827 (2006)
  15. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/839 (2006)
  16. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/965 (2006)
  17. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00008/4986 (2006)
  18. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, clam shell bowl, AZRU-00001/992 (2006)
  19. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, effigy appendage, AZRU-00001/646 (2006)
  20. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, human effigy, AMNH29.0/6991/7321 (2004)
  21. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AMNH29.0/6807 (2004)
  22. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AZRU-00008/2078 (2006)
  23. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, miniature shallow bowl, AZRU-00001/991 (2006)
  24. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, pitcher, AMNH 29.0/5160 (2004)
  25. Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, pitcher, AZRU-00008/4446 (2006)
  26. Ceramic: Corrugated gray, bowl, AZRU1-997 (2011)
  27. Ceramic: Corrugated gray, jar, AZRU8-2096 (2011)
  28. Ceramic: Dogoszhi style black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/813 (2006)
  29. Ceramic: Dolores style corrugated, jar, AMNH 29.0/9691 (2004)
  30. Ceramic: Dolores style Corrugated, jar, AZRU1-915 (2011)
  31. Ceramic: Dolores style Corrugated, jar, AZRU8-2097 (2011)
  32. Ceramic: Escavada Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/976 (2006)
  33. Ceramic: Escavada Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00008/4994 (2006)
  34. Ceramic: Escavada Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU8-2091 (2011)
  35. Ceramic: Escavada Black-on-white, frog effigy (fragment), AZRU-00008/5023 (2006)
  36. Ceramic: Escavada Black-on-white, frog effigy seed jar (fragment), AMNH 29.0/7528 (2004)
  37. Ceramic: Escavada Black-on-white, ungulate animal effigy, AMNH29.1/3210 (2004)
  38. Ceramic: Flagstaff Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/824 (2006)
  39. Ceramic: Flagstaff Black-on-white, canteen, AZRU-00008/4973 (2006)
  40. Ceramic: Gallup Black-on-white frog effigy vessel (fragment), AMNH 29.0/6996 (2004)
  41. Ceramic: Gallup Black-on-white with pseudo cloisonne design, shouldered jar, AZRU-00008/5020 (2006)
  42. Ceramic: Gallup Black-on-white, bowl (fragment), AZRU-00008/4985 (2006)
  43. Ceramic: Gallup Black-on-white, miniature pitcher, AZRU-00008/2083 (2006)
  44. Ceramic: Hunter Corrugated, jar, AZRU1-923 (2011)
  45. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Dogoszhi style), bowl, AZRU-00001/983 (2006)
  46. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Mancos style), bowl, AZRU-00001/811 (2006)
  47. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Puerco style), bowl (fragments), AZRU-00001/982 (2006)
  48. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Puerco style), bowl (fragments), AZRU-00001/998 (2006)
  49. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Puerco style), seed jar, AZRU-00001/984 (2006)
  50. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl, AZRU-00001/968 (2006)
  51. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4995 (2006)
  52. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4996 (2006)
  53. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), effigy vessel, AZRU-00001/802 (2006)
  54. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), ladle, AZRU-00008/2072 (2006)
  55. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), ladle, AZRU-00008/2077 (2006)
  56. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (squiggle Dogoszhi style), bowl, AZRU-00001/822 (2006)
  57. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white bowl, AMNH29.0-6984 (2004)
  58. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white seed jar, AMNH 29.0/6989 (2004)
  59. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, bowl, (fragment), AMNH 29.0/7527 (2004)
  60. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU1-993 (2011)
  61. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU8-2082 (2011)
  62. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, datura pot, AZRU1-1022 (2011)
  63. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, flat bottom bowl, AZRU1-988 (2011)
  64. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, jar, AZRU1-800 (2011)
  65. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, ladle (dipper style), AZRU1-970 (2011)
  66. Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, ladle, AZRU1-967 (2011)
  67. Ceramic: Mancos/McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU1-999 (2011)
  68. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00001/1000 (2006)
  69. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00001/1001 (2006)
  70. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00001/823 (2006)
  71. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00001/908 (2006)
  72. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00008/2076 (2006)
  73. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4975 (2006)
  74. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4989 (2006)
  75. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4990 (2006)
  76. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), ladle, AZRU-00008/2081 (2006)
  77. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white bowl AZRU8-2070 (2011)
  78. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white bowl, AMNH 29.0/6987 (2004)
  79. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white ladle AZRU8-2073 (2011)
  80. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white votive plate AZRU1-1021 (2011)
  81. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bird effigy bowl, AZRU-00001/806 (2006)
  82. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bird effigy vessel, AZRU1-897 (2011)
  83. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl (fragment), AZRU-00008/4988 (2006)
  84. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl fragment, AMNH 29.0/8887 (2004)
  85. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6983 (2004)
  86. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6987 (2004)
  87. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH29.0/8663 (2004)
  88. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/1002 (2006)
  89. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/810 (2006)
  90. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/831 (2006)
  91. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/973 (2006)
  92. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU1-832 (2011)
  93. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU1-835 (2011)
  94. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, canteen, AZRU1-821 (2011)
  95. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, duck effigy pitcher, AZRU1-856 (2011)
  96. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, globular jar, AZRU-00008/5021 (2006)
  97. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AMNH 29.0/6805 (2004)
  98. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AMNH 29.0/6806 (2004)
  99. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AZRU-00001/598 (2006)
  100. Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AZRU-00001/805 (2006)