Perishable: Tattooing Instrument AMNH 29.0/9726

Tattooing Instrument, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9726. Morris FS 3210. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Reed, yucca leaf, and cactus-spine tattooing instrument. Image: AMNH 29.0/9726A: tattooing instrument. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 138, 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.

纹身工具，入藏编号AMNH29.0（美国自然历史博物馆，American Museum of Natural History），目录编号9726，标本编号Morris FS 3210。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该工具以芦苇、丝兰叶与仙人掌刺为制作原料。图像资料：AMNH 29.0/9726A：纹身工具。该文物出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）138号房址的考古发掘工作。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘期间对138号房址的描述如下：“138号房址的地面上覆盖着一层夹杂查科陶片的垃圾堆积……向上层发掘时，混杂着尘土、墙体残块以及来自二层堆积的废弃物，可见一片几乎难以理清的松木木料、劈柴与雪松树皮交织的堆积。该区域上方未发生过火灾，三层天花板均塌落至一层房址内。由于深埋地下，木料保存完好。所有天花板的搭建模式均一致：以两根松木原木作为支撑，其上铺设松杆。正如所有可开展观测的遗址情况一致，上层天花板的支撑木料尺寸小于下层支撑木料。”（莫里斯，1928：389）。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第26卷第五分册，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。