Perishable: Corn Leaf Coil AZRU8-2877

Corn Leaf Coil, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2877. Morris FS 3746. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Coil of corn leaves wrapped crosswise with yucca strips tied in 2 square knots. Measurements: D 18.0 (ext), 6.0 (int) CM. Image: AZRU8-2877 A: coil of corn leaves or husks wrapped crosswise with yucca strips. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 147, 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.玉米叶编结件，入藏编号（Accession）AZRU-00008，目录编号（Catalog）#2877，莫里斯野外标本编号FS 3746。由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成分析。该编结件以玉米叶卷绕，并用丝兰（Yucca）条带交叉缠绕，以两个方结系缚。尺寸：直径（外径，ext）18.0厘米，内径（int）6.0厘米。影像资料编号：AZRU8-2877 A：以丝兰条带交叉缠绕的玉米叶或苞叶编结件。该文物出土于厄尔·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："当时的地表覆盖层为厚达1英尺的废弃物堆积，60号与61号墓葬即位于该堆积表面……[大量器物清单略]……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遗留的孔洞。房址内仅存一根松木横梁作为顶棚支撑，由北向南延伸；顶棚立柱采用棉白杨（Cottonwood）制成，每三根为一组，横跨整个房址长度。该支撑结构先后于中部与北墙处断裂，致使顶棚在中心点处下沉超过2英尺。若不是早期造访该遗址的人员在横梁断裂处下方设置了带顶帽的立柱，顶棚很可能会在过去四十年间完全坍塌，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XXVI卷，第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。