Perishable: Cordage Object AMNH 29.0/9664

Cordage Object, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9664. Morris FS 3149. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fine yucca cordage tied to yucca strip, square, overhand 2(2Z-S)Z structure. Image: AMNH 29.0/9664A: fine yucca cordage tied to yucca strip. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 141, Grave 29, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 141 at the time of excavation is as follows. “Neither floor nor ceiling of Room 141 showed the slightest discoloration such as would have resulted from use as a living chamber…The ceiling support is one large pine log, extending north and south; the small poles are of cottonwood, spaced in threes. There is a ventilator opening in each end of the north wall about 2 feet below the timbers. Both the east and west walls are pierced by holes made by relic hunters many years ago” (Morris 1928:370).
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.

绳器标本，入藏编号AMNH29.0，目录号9664，档案编号Morris FS 3149。本文物属于文化敏感类藏品，受《北美原住民墓葬保护与归还法》（Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act，简称NAGPRA）管辖，且访问受限。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该藏品以精细丝兰纤维绳绑定丝兰布条，采用方形编结与反手2(2Z-S)Z编结结构。影像资料：AMNH29.0/9664A：绑定丝兰布条的精细丝兰纤维绳。该文物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址141号房间29号墓葬的发掘工作。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对141号房间的描述如下：“141号房间的地面与天花板均未出现任何因作为居室使用而产生的褪色痕迹……天花板支撑结构为一根大型松木原木，呈南北走向；小型立柱采用三角叶杨材质，以三根为一组均匀排布。北墙两端、横梁下方约2英尺处各设有一处通风口。东、西两面墙体均留有多年前文物盗掘者开凿的孔洞。”（莫里斯，1928：370）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V部分，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。另可参考：厄尔·莫里斯，1924年，《阿兹特克遗址墓葬》，第26卷，第III部分，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。