Perishable: Cedar Bark Coil AZRU8-2893

Cedar Bark Coil, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2893. Morris FS 3924. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Small flattish coil of juniper bark wrapped crosswise with same. Circular shape. Measurements: D 10.5 (ext), 6.0 (int), TH 2.0 CM. Image: AZRU8-2893 A: coil of cedar bark wrapped crosswise with same. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room128-2, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 128-2 at the time of excavation is as follows: “At [the center of the floor] was a sandstone-lined fire pit 1 ½ feet in diameter and 5 inches deep. The south third of the room was separated from the rest by a thin partition built directly above the south pair of floor supports. A metate was in place against and parallel to the east wall, with room for the miller to kneel behind it in the northeast corner. The lip of the metate was flush with the floor and surrounded by a grist basin formed by walling the sides of a shallow pit with stones set on end…There are two niches in the north wall…” (Morris 1928:367). 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.雪松树皮卷（Cedar Bark Coil），入藏编号AZRU-00008，目录编号2893，野外编号Morris FS 3924。由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成检测分析。该标本为小型扁平状杜松树皮卷，以同材质杜松树皮横向缠绕包裹而成，呈圆形。尺寸如下：外径10.5厘米，内径6.0厘米，厚度2.0厘米。图像编号AZRU8-2893 A：雪松树皮卷，以同材质树皮横向缠绕包裹。该标本出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）发掘的阿芝台克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）128-2号房址。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对该房址的描述如下："[房址地面中心] 设有一座砂岩衬砌的火塘，直径1.5英尺，深5英寸。房址南侧三分之一区域通过一道薄隔墙与其余区域分隔，该隔墙直接搭建于南侧一对地板支撑结构上方。一块石磨盘（metate）紧贴东墙放置并与东墙平行，磨盘后方的东北角落留有供研磨者跪地操作的空间。磨盘边缘与地面齐平，其周围设有由直立石块砌成浅坑形成的谷物收集槽……北墙设有两个壁龛。"（引自Morris 1928:367）参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿芝台克遗址发掘笔记》，第二十六卷第五分册，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。