Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.1/0025

Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.1, Catalog #0025. Morris FS 3505. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited 2/2-twill and 3/3-twill bag with tapered mouth; rush, yucca and corn tassels. Images: AMNH 29.1/0025A: plaited rush bag. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 135-2, Grave 34, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 135-2 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A cobblestone-lined firepit, 1 foot 8 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, occupied the center of the floor of Room 135-2. A masonry wall some 7 inches thick, built above the south set of floor supports, transformed that end of the room into a bin. Above a height of 2 feet this wall was broken down. The bin contained 2 and one-half feet of refuse which thinned down to a depth of 6 to 8 inches along the north wall….On top of the rubbish was some washed and blown earth and thence to the surface, wall debris, containing a few decayed, but unburned, sticks from the second ceiling. In the center of the west wall there was once a doorway, 2 and one-half feet wide and beginning 2 feet 4 inches from the floor level. Eventually the masonry below its south side was torn out to within 6 inches of the floor; lintels were laid across the 1 foot 2 inch opening at the level of the sill; and the original door walled up, leaving a secondary passage, perhaps an entrance, but more probably an air hole.” (Morris1928: 387). 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.

编结袋，入藏编号AMNH29.1，目录编号0025，标本编号Morris FS 3505。本文物具有文化敏感性，属于《美洲原住民墓地保护与归还法案（Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act，简称NAGPRA）》规制的文物，访问受限。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该编结袋采用2/2斜纹与3/3斜纹编织工艺，袋口收窄，制作材质为灯芯草、丝兰与玉米穗须。影像资料：AMNH 29.1/0025A，编结灯芯草袋。该文物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）135-2号房间34号墓葬的发掘现场。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对135-2号房间的描述如下：“135-2号房间的地面中央设有一座衬有鹅卵石的火塘，直径1英尺8英寸，深5英寸。房间南侧的地面支撑结构上方建有一道厚约7英寸的石砌墙体，将房间南侧区域改造为储物坑。该墙体在2英尺高度以上的部分已坍塌。储物坑内堆积有2.5英尺厚的废弃物堆积层，沿北墙方向堆积厚度逐渐减薄至6至8英寸……废弃物层上方覆盖有经水流搬运与风力吹积的土层，直至遗址地表；同时伴生墙体残骸，其中包含少量已腐朽但未被焚烧的二层天花板木梁残件。西墙中央曾设有一处门洞，宽2.5英尺，门洞下缘距地面高度为2英尺4英寸。后续门洞南侧下方的石砌结构被拆除至距地面6英寸处；在与门槛齐平的位置，于1英尺2英寸宽的开口上方架设了过梁；原门洞被封堵，仅留下一处次要通道——该通道或曾作为出入口，但更大概率为通风孔。”（莫里斯，1928：387）参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第XXVI卷，第五分册，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。另可参阅：厄尔·莫里斯，1924年，《阿兹特克遗址墓葬》，第XXVI卷，第三分册，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。