Perishable: Twig Bundle AZRU8-2769

Twig Bundle, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2769. Morris FS 3726. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of probable sumac twigs wrapped crosswise with same. Measurements: L 18.0, W 8.5, TH 6.0 CM. Images: AZRU8-2769 A: bundle of probable sumac twigs wrapped crosswise with same. AZRU8-2769 B: other face. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room147, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 147 at the time of excavation is as follows: “the immediate floor covering was a foot of refuse, with Burials Nos. 60 and 61 on the surface of the refuse…[long listing of artifacts]… In each end of the west wall is a ventilator opening and in the north half of the east wall is a hole made by relic hunters…The one ceiling support was a pine trunk extending from north to south. The poles were of cottonwood, spaced in threes, and spanning the entire length of the room. The support broke, first at the center, and again at the north wall. In consequence, the ceiling bagged down more than 2 feet at the central point and probably would have completely fallen during the last forty years, wreaking havoc with the contents of Room 136-2, had not the early visitors to the ruin set up a post with a cap piece beneath the break in the stringer” (Morris 1928:379).
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.

馆藏登录号AZRU-00008、目录号2769的枝条捆，莫里斯野外编号FS 3726。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该捆为疑似漆树枝条，以自身枝条交叉捆绑。尺寸：长18.0厘米、宽8.5厘米、厚6.0厘米。影像资料：AZRU8-2769 A：上述交叉捆绑的疑似漆树枝条捆；AZRU8-2769 B：该标本另一侧面。该标本出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）147号房址的发掘。

厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对147号房址的描述如下："当时直接覆盖房址地面的是一层厚达1英尺的堆积物，60号和61号墓葬位于该堆积物的表面……[长串器物清单]……西墙两端各设有一处通风口，东墙北半部分留有一处盗墓者留下的孔洞。唯一的天花板支撑木为一根南北向延伸的松木树干。房内木椽采用三角叶杨，每三根一组排布，横跨整个房址长度。支撑结构先在中部断裂，随后又在北墙处断裂。受此影响，天花板在中心点处下陷超过2英尺；若非早期造访该遗址的人员在桁条断裂处下方架设了带顶帽的立柱，该天花板可能会在近40年间完全坍塌，对136-2号房址内的遗存造成严重破坏"（莫里斯，1928：379）。

参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第二十六卷第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。