Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/5289

Twined Sandal, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5289. Morris FS 39. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Twined sandal with split tapestry design, 2-strand twining (S). Images: AMNH 29.0-5289A: twined sandal, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289B: close-up of heel finish, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289C: twined sandal, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289D: close-up of toe end showing double toe loops and jogged toe, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289E: close-up of midsection, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289F: close-up of design at midsection, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289G: close-up of raised design at heel, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289H: close-up of raised design at heel under raking light, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289I: close-up of raised design at heel on underside of toe under raking light. AMNH 29.0-5289J: close-up of slit-tapestry design at midsection, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289K: close-up of sharply angled warp elements at toe, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289L: close-up of slit-tapestry design at midsection, upper face. AMNH 29.0-5289M: close-up of heel finish, lower face 2. AMNH 29.0-5289N: close-up of heel finish, lower face 1. AMNH 29.0-5289O: close-up of heel finish showing exposed warp pairs, lower face. AMNH 29.0-5289P: close-up of heel finish, upper face, showing center warp floating over wrapped twining and inserted throu~1. AMNH 29.0-5289Q: model of wrapped twining on lower (outer) face of heel. AMNH 29.0-5289R: model of wrapped twining on upper (inner) face of heel. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances, had been thrown in through the door connecting with the room above Room 110, forming a fan-shaped deposit, 2 feet deep, beneath the door and dwindling out in the northeast and northwest corners. Being in an outer tier, the slope above Room 122-2, was very steep, providing excellent drainage, which condition, together with the air space beneath the floor, had excluded all moisture from the refuse. This mass, of Chaco age, contained a fine assortment of textiles and other perishable artifacts (29.0-5251-5400), such as in most places is entirely decayed. The conspicuous components of the deposit, other than manufactured articles, were shreds of cedarbark, cornhusks, and cobs, strips of yucca leaf in great abundance, excrement, ashes, and floor sweepings.”
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.

编结凉鞋，入藏编号AMNH29.0，目录号#5289，Morris FS 39。由Laurie Webster于2006年完成分析。该编结凉鞋采用劈纹挂毯纹样，为双股编结（S捻向）。
图像资料：
AMNH 29.0-5289A：编结凉鞋正面
AMNH 29.0-5289B：鞋跟收口细节（正面）
AMNH 29.0-5289C：编结凉鞋背面
AMNH 29.0-5289D：鞋头细节（正面），可见双趾袢与锯齿状鞋头
AMNH 29.0-5289E：鞋身中段细节（正面）
AMNH 29.0-5289F：鞋身中段纹样细节（背面）
AMNH 29.0-5289G：鞋跟凸起纹样细节（背面）
AMNH 29.0-5289H：斜射光下的鞋跟凸起纹样细节（背面）
AMNH 29.0-5289I：斜射光下鞋头底面的鞋跟凸起纹样细节
AMNH 29.0-5289J：鞋身中段劈纹挂毯纹样细节（背面）
AMNH 29.0-5289K：鞋头经纱构件锐角细节（背面）
AMNH 29.0-5289L：鞋身中段劈纹挂毯纹样细节（正面）
AMNH 29.0-5289M：鞋跟收口细节（背面2）
AMNH 29.0-5289N：鞋跟收口细节（背面1）
AMNH 29.0-5289O：鞋跟收口细节（背面），可见外露的经纱束
AMNH 29.0-5289P：鞋跟收口细节（正面），可见中心经纱浮于包缠编结结构之上并穿入（内容截断）
AMNH 29.0-5289Q：鞋跟背面（外侧）包缠编结结构模型
AMNH 29.0-5289R：鞋跟正面（内侧）包缠编结结构模型

该文物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址122-2号房间的发掘工作。莫里斯（1928：357）指出：“122-2号房间位于112号房间上方。该堆积的堆积物中超过一半为植物类及其他易腐有机质遗存，通过与110号房间上方房间相连的门被抛入，在门下方形成厚达2英尺的扇形堆积，并向东北、西北角落逐渐变薄。122-2号房间位于遗址外侧层位，其上方坡地陡峭，排水条件极佳，加之地板下方存在空气层，使得堆积物完全未受潮气侵蚀。这批查科文化时期的堆积中包含了大量纺织品及其他易腐人工制品（编号范围29.0-5251至5400），这类遗存多数地区已完全腐朽。该堆积中除人工制品外，显著组分包括雪松树皮碎屑、玉米苞叶与穗轴、大量丝兰叶条、粪便、灰烬以及地面清扫物。”

参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第26卷第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。