Perishable: Yucca Coil AZRU8-1407

Yucca Coil, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #1407. Morris FS 5517. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Coiled yucca-leaf tie with three square knots. Measurements: D 10.0 CM approx. Image: AZRU8-1407 A: coil of yucca strips tied with three square knots. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 193, Aztec West Ruin. For Room 193 Morris described typical architectural features and “refuse that had been deposited on the second floor, including fragments of a considerable number of very fine medium-sized water jars and mugs that were shattered, possibly intentionally, judging from their number and the fact that they were practically new and of the same potter. Another atypical Chaco water jar had the entire surface completely hidden by a coat of lacquer bearing an elaborate design in yellow, red, and black” (Morris 1928:362). 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.丝兰编结绳（Yucca Coil），登记号AZRU-00008，目录编号1407，编号Morris FS 5517。该标本于2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。其为编结而成的丝兰叶系带，带有三个方结。尺寸：直径约10.0厘米。影像资料：AZRU8-1407 A：由三个方结捆绑的丝兰条编结绳圈。该标本出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）193号房的发掘工作。针对193号房，莫里斯记述了其典型建筑特征，并提及"二层堆积的废弃物包含大量极为精美的中型储水罐与陶杯残片；这些器物出自同一制陶匠人之手，且几乎完好如新，结合其出土数量推测可能系被有意击碎。另有一件非典型查科（Chaco）风格储水罐，通体被一层髹漆覆盖，漆层上饰有黄、红、黑三色的繁复纹饰"（莫里斯，1928：362）。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris），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。