Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white bowl, AMNH 29.0/6987

McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6987, Morris FS 597. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Diorite porphyry temper indicated manufacture in the central Mesa Verde region. Reconstructed fragment represents about 30% of original bowl. Image AMNH 29.0/6987 A: exterior view. Image AMNH 29.0/6987 B: interior view. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 47, West Ruin, Aztec Ruins.
Room 47 is in the east wing of West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of the room at the time of excavation is as follows. “A Chaco refuse deposit 53 to 8 feet deep covered the floor of Room 47. Evidently the waste had been poured in through a hatchway in the center of the ceiling since the accumulation was thickest at that point and sloped thence downward in all directions. This refuse was characteristically rich in specimens, seven black-on-white howls, one black-on-white dipper, one black-on-white water jar, eight portions of effigy pots, potsherds,… [a long list of additional items]. The door in the center of the east wall is 2 feet 3 inches wide, 3 feet 4 inches high, with sill 2 feet 2 inches from the floor. This door is of the recessed type, a shoulder of masonry on either side reducing it to a width of 1 foot 10 inches where it opens into Room 46. The blocked door in the south wall has been described under Room 45. The sill is a thin slab of stone which protrudes 2 inches beyond the masonry. In the northeast corner is a recessed diagonal second story doorway leading into Room 48. On the side of Room 47 it is 3 feet wide, dropping to 1 foot 10 inches at the opposite end. The sill is 2 feet 1 inch above the level of the second floor and 14 feet above the first” (Morris 1928:304-305).
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.

麦克埃尔莫黑纹白地陶（McElmo Black-on-white）碗，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History，AMNH）入藏编号29.0，馆藏编号#6987，莫里斯FS编号597。2004年由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）完成分析。该器物以闪长玢岩（diorite porphyry）作为羼和料，表明其产自中部梅萨维德地区。复原残片约占原碗体量的30%。影像AMNH 29.0/6987 A为器物外视图，影像AMNH 29.0/6987 B为器物内视图。该残片出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克遗址西废墟47号房间的发掘工作。
47号房间位于西废墟的东翼。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对该房间的记述如下："一层厚53至8英尺的查科弃置堆积覆盖了47号房间的地面。显然这些废弃物是通过天花板中央的舱口倾倒而入，因为堆积在该点厚度最大，并向四周呈斜坡状逐渐减薄。该堆积富含各类标本，包括7件黑纹白地陶碗、1件黑纹白地陶勺、1件黑纹白地水罐、8件造型陶罐残件、陶片……[后续长列器物]。东墙中央的门道宽2英尺3英寸，高3英尺4英寸，门槛距地面高度为2英尺2英寸。该门道为嵌入式形制，两侧的砌体肩台将其通行宽度缩减至1英尺10英寸，由此可通往46号房间。南墙的封闭门道已在45号房间条目下详述。其门槛为薄石板，突出砌体外2英寸。房间东北拐角处设有嵌入式斜向二层门道，通往48号房间。在47号房间一侧，该门道宽3英尺，至另一端收窄至1英尺10英寸。其门槛距二层楼面高度为2英尺1英寸，距一层楼面高度为14英尺"（莫里斯，1928年：304-305）。
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。