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 701-800 of 852)

  • Images (852)

Images

  1. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8446 (2006)
  2. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8447 (2006)
  3. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8448 (2006)
  4. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8449 (2006)
  5. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8450 (2006)
  6. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8856 (2006)
  7. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8934 (2006)
  8. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8937_2 (2006)
  9. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/9048 (2006)
  10. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/9455 (2006)
  11. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/9456 (2006)
  12. Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/9974 (2006)
  13. Perishable: Twined Sandal and Ceremonial Stick AMNH 29.0/8793 (2006)
  14. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU1-956 (2006)
  15. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-1788 (2006)
  16. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-1789 (2006)
  17. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-1790 (2006)
  18. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-1791 (2006)
  19. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-2826 (2006)
  20. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-2827 (2006)
  21. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-2828 (2006)
  22. Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-2829 (2006)
  23. Perishable: Twined Sandal, AMNH 29.0/8790 (2006)
  24. Perishable: Twined Sandals AMNH 29.0/7632 (2006)
  25. Perishable: Twisted sinew AZRU8-1808 (2006)
  26. Perishable: Vegetal Artifact AMNH 29.0/7746 (2006)
  27. Perishable: Vegetal Artifact AMNH 29.0/9955 (2006)
  28. Perishable: Vegetal Artifacts AMNH 29.0/9515, 9516, 9517 (2006)
  29. Perishable: Wicker Basket AMNH 29.0/9381 (2006)
  30. Perishable: Willow Coil AZRU8-2757 (2006)
  31. Perishable: Willow Loop AZRU8-2755 (2006)
  32. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/7395 (2006)
  33. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/8062 (2006)
  34. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/8063 (2006)
  35. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/8064 (2006)
  36. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/8065 (2006)
  37. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/8066 (2006)
  38. Perishable: Willow Mat AMNH 29.0/9926 (2006)
  39. Perishable: Willow Mat AZRU8-3407 (2006)
  40. Perishable: Willow Mat AZRU8-3408 (2006)
  41. Perishable: Willow Mat Element AZRU8-790 (2006)
  42. Perishable: Willow Mat Elements AZRU8-788 and 789 (2006)
  43. Perishable: Willow Ring AZRU8-2756 (2006)
  44. Perishable: Willow Ring AZRU8-2771 (2006)
  45. Perishable: Willow Ring AZRU8-2772 (2006)
  46. Perishable: Willow Ring AZRU8-2773 (2006)
  47. Perishable: Willow Ring AZRU8-2774 (2006)
  48. Perishable: Wood Billet AZRU8-2607 (2006)
  49. Perishable: Wood Coil AMNH 29.0/8860 (2006)
  50. Perishable: Wood Frame AMNH 29.0/7719 (2006)
  51. Perishable: Wood Ring AMNH 29.0/9500 (2006)
  52. Perishable: Wood Ring AMNH 29.0/9501 (2006)
  53. Perishable: Wood Ring AMNH 29.0/9992 (2006)
  54. Perishable: Wood Tongs AMNH 29.0/9545 (2006)
  55. Perishable: Wooden Disc AMNH 29.0/7805 (2006)
  56. Perishable: Wooden Lid AZRU8-1306 (2006)
  57. Perishable: Wooden Object AMNH 29.0/9047 (2006)
  58. Perishable: Worked Bark AZRU8-2636 (2006)
  59. Perishable: Worked Stick AMNH 29.0/7776 (2006)
  60. Perishable: Wrapped Bundle AMNH 29.0/7319 (2006)
  61. Perishable: Wrapped Stems AZRU8-2763 (2006)
  62. Perishable: Wrapped Stick AZRU8-2583 (2006)
  63. Perishable: Wrapped Twig AZRU8-2647 (2006)
  64. Perishable: Wrapped Twigs AZRU8-1807 (2006)
  65. Perishable: Yarn and Cordage AMNH 29.0/7597 (2006)
  66. Perishable: Yucca Cordage AZRU8-1044 (2006)
  67. Perishable: Yucca and Grass Coil AZRU8-795 (2006)
  68. Perishable: Yucca Band AZRU8-2834 (2006)
  69. Perishable: Yucca Braid AZRU8-2813 (2006)
  70. Perishable: Yucca Braid AZRU8-2814 (2006)
  71. Perishable: Yucca Braid AZRU8-2836 (2006)
  72. Perishable: Yucca Braid AZRU8-2865 (2006)
  73. Perishable: Yucca Braids AZRU8-2815 (2006)
  74. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/5270 (2006)
  75. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/5332 (2006)
  76. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/7832 (2006)
  77. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/8373 (2006)
  78. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/8417 (2007)
  79. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/8434 (2006)
  80. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/8435 (2006)
  81. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/9410 (2006)
  82. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/9965 (2006)
  83. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-1391 (2006)
  84. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-2754 (2006)
  85. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-2792 (2006)
  86. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-2793 (2006)
  87. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-2841 (2006)
  88. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-2855 (2006)
  89. Perishable: Yucca Bundle AZRU8-2856 (2006)
  90. Perishable: Yucca Bundles AMNH 29.0/7586 (2006)
  91. Perishable: Yucca Bundles AMNH 29.0/7588 (2006)
  92. Perishable: Yucca Chain AMNH 29.0/8833 (2006)
  93. Perishable: Yucca Chain AMNH 29.0/8924 (2006)
  94. Perishable: Yucca Chain AZRU8-2849 (2006)
  95. Perishable: Yucca Chain AZRU8-2864 (2006)
  96. Perishable: Yucca Chains AZRU8-2847 (2006)
  97. Perishable: Yucca Chains AZRU8-2848 (2006)
  98. Perishable: Yucca Coil AMNH 29.0/7706 (2006)
  99. Perishable: Yucca Coil AMNH 29.0/8816 (2006)
  100. Perishable: Yucca Coil AMNH 29.0/8827 (2006)