Perishable: Twined Mat AMNH 29.0/9696

Twined Mat, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9696. Morris FS 3181. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Description. Twined Mat, possible cradleboard, 2-strand twining (S). Images: AMNH 29.0/9696A: twined mat stitched to board. AMNH 29.0/9696B: detail of elements folded over rod. AMNH 29.0/9696C: close-up of elements folded over rod. AMNH 29.0/9696C: close-up of elements folded over rod. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 138, Grave 32, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 138 at the time of excavation is as follows: “On the floor of Room 138 was a film of refuse containing Chaco potsherds…Thence upward, mixed with dust, wall wreckage, and rubbish from a deposit which had been in the second story, there was an almost inextricable tangle of pine timbers, splints, and cedar bark. There had been no fire above this area and all three ceilings had fallen into the first story room. Having been deeply buried, the wood was perfectly preserved. All of the ceilings had been of the same pattern: two pine log supports with pine poles resting upon them. As has been the case wherever observations have been possible, the supports of the successive ceilings were smaller than those of the ones beneath.”(Morris 1928:389). 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.

编结垫，入藏号AMNH29.0，馆藏目录号9696，编号Morris FS 3181。本藏品为文化敏感文物，属于《原住民墓葬保护与归还法》（Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act，简称NAGPRA）规制范畴，使用权限受限。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）进行分析。
藏品详情：该编结垫疑似为原住民婴儿背板，采用双股S型编结工艺。
影像资料：AMNH 29.0/9696A：缝于木板上的编结垫；AMNH 29.0/9696B：杆状物上折叠构件的细节；AMNH 29.0/9696C：杆状物上折叠构件的特写；AMNH 29.0/9696C：杆状物上折叠构件的特写。
该藏品出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）138号房间32号墓葬的发掘工作。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对138号房间的记述如下："138号房间的地面覆盖着一层夹杂查科陶片的废弃物堆积层……由此向上，混合着尘土、墙体残骸以及来自二层堆积的废弃物，此处充斥着难以厘清的松木横梁、劈材与雪松树皮交织混杂体。该区域未发生过火，所有三层顶棚均坍塌至一层房间内。由于深埋地下，木材保存完好。所有顶棚采用相同结构：两根松木原木作为支撑，其上铺设松木杆。正如所有可观测区域的情况一致，后续搭建的顶棚支撑构件尺寸均小于下层支撑构件。"（莫里斯，1928年：389页）
参考文献：1. 厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第XXVI卷，第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History）人类学论文集，纽约；2. 另见：厄尔·莫里斯，1924年，《阿兹特克遗址墓葬》，第XXVI卷，第三部分，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History）人类学论文集，纽约。