Perishable: Coiled Basket AMNH 29.0/8859

Coiled Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog # 8859. Morris FS 2349. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Coiled basket base, 2 rod and welt/bundle, stacked. Images: AMNH 29.0/8859A basket base. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 115, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 115 at the time of excavation is as follows: “Upon the floor of Room 115 were quantities of gypsum and a gray shaly clay, probably materials used in pottery making…The next element of the fill was refuse…The greater depth in the southwest corner was due to the fact that the refuse had been poured in through a stair tunnel in the west end of the south wall. More than twenty-five years ago unknown parties sawed out a section of the western supporting timber near the north wall and also the south. To a height of 1 foot 10 inches this wall showed patches of red plaster and 6 inches farther up, flakes of white still adhered. As the space between had peeled off, the height of union between red and white could not be determined” (Morris 1928:358). 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.盘编篮（Coiled Basket），美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History，缩写AMNH）入藏号29.0，目录编号8859，标本编号Morris FS 2349。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该盘编篮篮底采用双杆包边/束带结构，为堆叠式工艺。影像资料：AMNH29.0/8859A 篮底标本。该标本出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）115号房址的发掘工作。 厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对115号房址的描述如下：“115号房址的地面上散布着大量石膏与灰色页岩质黏土，推测应为制陶所用原料……堆积层中的下一层为废弃遗存……房址西南角堆积层厚度更大，原因是废弃物通过南墙西端的楼梯通道被倾倒至此。二十五年前，不明身份人员锯走了北墙附近及南侧的一段西部支撑木梁。该墙在1英尺10英寸高度范围内带有红色灰泥斑块，再往上6英寸处仍附着有白色灰泥碎片。由于两层灰泥之间的部分已剥落，无法确定红白灰泥的结合高度”（莫里斯，1928：358）。 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5分册，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。