Perishable: Pot Rest AZRU8-2808

Pot Rest, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2808. Morris FS 3925. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. 2/2 plaited pot rest of doughnut form. Wrapped crosswise with cornhusks. Not truncated. Measurements: D 14.5 (outer), 6.5 (inner) CM. Image: AZRU8-2808 A: 2-2 plaited pot rest wrapped crosswise with cornhusks. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room128-2, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 128-2 at the time of excavation is as follows: “At [the center of the floor] was a sandstone-lined fire pit 1 ½ feet in diameter and 5 inches deep. The south third of the room was separated from the rest by a thin partition built directly above the south pair of floor supports. A metate was in place against and parallel to the east wall, with room for the miller to kneel behind it in the northeast corner. The lip of the metate was flush with the floor and surrounded by a grist basin formed by walling the sides of a shallow pit with stones set on end…There are two niches in the north wall…” (Morris 1928:367).
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.

编结锅垫（Pot Rest），入库编号AZRU-00008，藏品编号2808，莫里斯FS 3925。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该器物为甜甜圈形双股编结锅垫，以玉米苞叶（cornhusks）横向缠绕，未被截断。尺寸：外直径14.5厘米，内直径6.5厘米。影像资料：AZRU8-2808 A：双股编结且以玉米苞叶横向缠绕的锅垫。该器物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）128-2号房址的发掘工作。

厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对128-2号房址的描述如下："[地板中心处]设有一座砂岩石衬里的火塘，直径1.5英尺，深5英寸。房间南三分之一区域由直接搭建在南侧一对地板支撑柱上方的薄隔墙与其余区域分隔开来。一台中美洲磨盘（metate）紧贴东墙摆放且与东墙平行，磨盘北侧角落留有供磨粉者屈膝操作的空间。磨盘边缘与地面齐平，周边设有谷粒收集槽——该槽由将直立石块嵌入浅坑侧壁构筑而成……北墙设有两个壁龛"（莫里斯1928:367）。

参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第二十六卷，第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。