Perishable: Yucca Tie AZRU8-2852

Yucca Tie, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2852. Morris FS 4912. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Yucca tie, coiled and joined with two square knots. Probably tied around beam. Measurements: D 10.0 CM. Image: AZRU8-2852 A: coiled yucca-leaf tie with square knot. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room182, Aztec West Ruin. Morris described Room 182 as “an open chamber entered through the doorway communicating with Room 189, from which the early visitors had removed the masonry with which it had been sealed, contained a Mesa Verde refuse deposit varying little from 2 feet 4 inches in depth. [Specimens secured in the refuse deposits within the room included ceramics and perishable items]. Burial 88 was in the northeast corner. In the center of the east wall is a doorway, now hidden by earth which has been dug over, but not removed. This room contains no ventilator openings. Although no fireplace was observed when the contents of the room were turned, there must have been one, since the remaining patches of wall plaster were smoked black” (Morris 1928:386).
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.

丝兰绳（Yucca Tie），入藏编号AZRU-00008，目录编号2852，编号Morris FS 4912。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该丝兰绳经盘绕并用两个方结固定，推测原用于捆绑横梁。尺寸：直径10.0厘米。影像资料：AZRU8-2852 A：带有方结的盘绕丝兰叶绳。该遗物出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）182号房间的发掘工作。莫里斯对182号房间的描述如下："这是一处开放式厅堂，通过与189号房间连通的门道进入，早期到访者已移除用于封堵该门道的砌筑结构。厅堂内留存的梅萨维德（Mesa Verde）弃置堆积层厚度约2英尺4英寸，厚度变化极小。[取自厅堂内弃置堆积层的标本包含陶器与易腐物品]。88号墓葬位于房间东北角。东墙中部设有一道门道，现被开挖过的覆土遮蔽但未被移走。该房间未设置通风口。尽管在清理房间遗存时未发现壁炉，但鉴于残存的墙面抹灰仍留有烟熏黑痕，推测此处原设有壁炉"（莫里斯，1928年：第386页）。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第XXVI卷，第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。