Perishable: Twined Sandal AZRU8-2829

Twined Sandal, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2829. Morris FS 3687. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Distorted twined sandal with a faint brown design. Raised diamond design on underside. Cupped heel. Toe missing. Large holes at heel and ball of foot. Appear to have been trimmed. Measurements: L 26.5, W 10.5 CM. Images: AZRU8-2829 A: lower face showing raised designs. AZRU8-2829 B: lower face showing raised diamond design and colored design. AZRU8-2829 C: exterior of cupped heel 1. AZRU8-2829 D: exterior of cupped heel 2. AZRU8-2829 E: hole at heel with possibly trimmed edges. AZRU8-2829 F: interior of cupped heel 1. AZRU8-2829 G: interior of cupped heel 2. AZRU8-2829 H: midsection showing faint design. AZRU8-2829 I: raised design worked in longitudinal wrapping. AZRU8-2829 J: detail of heel.AZRU8-2829 K: detail of heel and adjacent raised design. AZRU8-2829 L: detail of midsection with brown designs. AZRU8-2829 M: detail of raised design. AZRU8-2829 N: detail of raised diamond design. AZRU8-2829 O: twined sandal, curled up. AZRU8-2829 P: upper face with faint brown design of triangles. AZRU8-2829 Q: upper surface, flattened. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 136-2, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 136-2 at the time of excavation is as follows: “A great quantity of Mesa Verde refuse had been cast into Room 136-2 and evenly distributed, its upper limit being nearly level at a height of 3½ feet from the floor. There was a predominant proportion of organic matter, mostly vegetable, and owing to the air space afforded by the open room beneath (Room 147) and to the 5 to 10 feet of debris above, preservation of perishable, objects was practically perfect, except in the upper 3 to 6 inches which had been moistened by rain water before the ceilings above gave way…At the center of the room, beginning 1½ feet from the floor, was about one-half cubic yard of corn tassels (Fig. 24). The tips of the plants had been broken off and tied into bouquet-shaped bundles, as flowers might be…” (Morris 1928:380).
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AZRU-00008，目录编号2829，标本编号Morris FS 3687。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该编结凉鞋已变形，带有模糊的棕色纹饰，鞋底面设有凸起的菱形纹饰。鞋跟呈杯状，鞋头缺失，足跟与足掌位置存在较大孔洞，疑似经人工修剪。尺寸：长26.5厘米，宽10.5厘米。图像说明如下：AZRU8-2829 A：展示凸起纹饰的鞋底面；AZRU8-2829 B：展示凸起菱形纹饰与彩色纹饰的鞋底面；AZRU8-2829 C：杯状鞋跟外侧（一）；AZRU8-2829 D：杯状鞋跟外侧（二）；AZRU8-2829 E：足跟处孔洞，边缘疑似经修剪；AZRU8-2829 F：杯状鞋跟内侧（一）；AZRU8-2829 G：杯状鞋跟内侧（二）；AZRU8-2829 H：展示模糊纹饰的鞋身中段；AZRU8-2829 I：以纵向缠绕工艺制作的凸起纹饰；AZRU8-2829 J：鞋跟细节；AZRU8-2829 K：鞋跟及相邻凸起纹饰细节；AZRU8-2829 L：带有棕色纹饰的鞋身中段细节；AZRU8-2829 M：凸起纹饰细节；AZRU8-2829 N：凸起菱形纹饰细节；AZRU8-2829 O：蜷缩的编结凉鞋；AZRU8-2829 P：带有模糊棕色三角纹饰的鞋上面；AZRU8-2829 Q：平整后的鞋面上表面。该编结凉鞋出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）主持的阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）136-2号房间发掘项目。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对136-2号房间的描述如下：「大量梅萨维德（Mesa Verde）文化的废弃堆积物被倾倒进136-2号房间并均匀散布，堆积上限距地面约3.5英尺，近乎平齐。房间内有机质占比极高，且以植物源有机质为主。得益于下方开放的147号房间形成的空气流通空间，以及上方5至10英尺的堆积层覆盖，易腐朽文物的保存状态近乎完美，仅上方3至6英寸的堆积层因上方顶板坍塌前被雨水浸湿而出现损坏……房间中心距地面1.5英尺处，堆积有约半立方码的玉米雄穗（图24），这些玉米雄穗的顶端被折断，扎成类似花束的捆束，如同花艺制品一般。」（莫里斯，1928：380）参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》（Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin），第26卷第五分册，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集（Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History），纽约。