Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/7370

Plaited Bag, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7370. Morris FS 962. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Plaited rush bag with tapered mouth, 2/2 twill. Images: AMNH 29.0/7370A: plaited rush bag. AMNH 29.0/7370B: detail of mouth opening, lower left and right. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 54, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:309) indicates that “The first 1 ½ feet of fill in Room 54 consisted of fallen masonry and the uncharred wood of a ceiling which had been supported by two transverse pairs of cedar logs. The interstices between the stones were not filled with earth, indicating little action of wind and rain before the subsequent filling took place. Above this basal depodit was 9X to 10 feet of dry refuse with a large vegetable component. It had been well sheltered from moisture; hence, perishable objects were excellently preserved. That the waste material accumulated dur;ng the Chaco period is shown by the fact that a human effigy vessel' (29.0-7321) was scattered from one end of the room to the other. Such vessels do not occur among Mesa Verde pottery. Other specimens from this room are: a grooved hammer, a chipped knife blade, a selenite pendant, a piece of selenite, five arrow points…[long list of artifacts]…The charred timbers of a ceiling were above the refuse, separated from it by 8 inches to 1 foot of drift sand.” 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.编结袋，入藏号AMNH29.0，馆藏编号7370，标本号Morris FS 962。该标本由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成分析。此为编结灯芯草袋，袋口呈收窄形态，采用2/2斜纹编织工艺。影像资料：AMNH 29.0/7370A：编结灯芯草袋全貌；AMNH 29.0/7370B：袋口开口细节（左下与右下视角）。该标本出自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）主持的阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）54号房间发掘工作。莫里斯（1928：309）曾记载：“54号房间上部1.5英尺范围内的堆积层为坍塌砖石与未炭化木料——原天花板由两组横向雪松原木支撑。石块间缝隙未被泥土填充，表明在后续堆积形成前，该区域几乎未受风雨侵蚀。在此基底沉积之上，是厚9至10英尺的干燥废弃物堆积，其中包含大量植物类组分。该堆积层长期免受水汽侵袭，因此易腐遗物保存状况极佳。查科时期的堆积废弃物可由以下事实佐证：房间内散落着一件人形陶容器（编号29.0-7321），其分布范围覆盖整个房间。这类容器未见于梅萨维德地区的出土陶器中。该房间出土的其他标本还包括：一件带槽石锤、一件打制刀刃、一件透石膏（selenite）吊坠、一块透石膏矿石、五枚箭镞……[长串器物清单]……废弃物堆积上方为炭化的天花板木料，二者之间隔着8英寸至1英尺厚的风积砂层。”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。