Perishable: Reed Stem Container AMNH 29.0/8490

Reed Stem Container, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8490. Morris FS 1983. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Narrow reed stem container with 2-strand twining (S) of yucca. Images: AMNH 29.0/8490A: narrow reed-stem container. AMNH 29.0/8490B: other face. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 72, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 72 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A layer of washed adobe 2 to 4 inches thick covered the floor of Room 72. Eleven long unpeeled willows had been left standing in the southeast corner. The ceiling support was one pine log running north and south…. The small poles were also of pine. Somewhat more than five cubic yards of dry refuse had been deposited in the room above Room 72. …. [Long list of artifacts]…. Eventually, …the wall between [Room 63] and Room 72 collapsed into the latter chamber, filling it with masonry from 1 foot at the east side to 3 and one-half feet at the west. In falling, the wall brought with it most of the west half of the ceiling of Room 72….refuse poured down from above… [A] secondary deposit continued in an unbroken line across Rooms 63 and 72. It was about 6 feet deep against the west wall of Room 63 and dwindled down to 2 feet at the east wall of Room 72….In the fallen masonry above the refuse were partially burned timbers from an upper ceiling. Eventually, the timber supporting the ceiling of Room 73 slivered near the south end and, with the mass above it, settled down.... A large cavity was left beneath the then sloping ceiling along the north and east walls….At the middle of the north wall is a door, 2 feet 4 inches wide, and 4 feet high, with sill 3 feet from the floor.” (Morris1928: 319-320). 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.

芦茎容器，入藏编号AMNH29.0，馆藏编号8490。由Morris FS于1983年建档，劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成分析。该窄体芦茎容器采用丝兰（yucca）纤维以S向双股缠编工艺制成。影像资料：AMNH 29.0/8490A：窄体芦茎容器正视图；AMNH 29.0/8490B：容器另一面视图。该器物出自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）72号房间的考古发掘。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对72号房间的描述如下：“72号房间的地面覆盖有一层厚度为2至4英寸的水洗土坯层。东南角遗留有11根未剥皮的长柳木。房间的天花板支撑为一根南北走向的松木原木……小型立柱亦为松木材质。72号房间上方的堆积层中已堆积了逾5立方码的干燥废弃堆积……[大量文物清单略]……最终，63号房间与72号房间之间的墙体坍塌并坠入72号房间，墙体残骸厚度从东侧的1英尺向西侧逐渐增至3.5英尺，填满了该房间。墙体坍塌时，也携带着72号房间西侧大半的天花板结构一同坠落……废弃堆积随之从上方倾泻而下……跨63号与72号房间形成了连续分布的次生堆积层，该堆积在63号房间西墙处厚度约6英尺，向东延伸至72号房间东墙时厚度缩减至2英尺……废弃堆积上方的坍塌砖石中，发现了上层天花板残留的部分炭化木构件。随后，支撑73号房间天花板的木梁在南端发生断裂，连同上方的堆积体一同沉降……原本倾斜的天花板下方沿北墙与东墙形成了大型空腔……北墙中部设有一扇门，宽2英尺4英寸，高4英尺，门槛距地面高度为3英尺。”（Morris 1928：319-320）。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》第26卷第5部分，纽约。