Perishable: Cotton Cloth AMNH 29.0/5287

Cotton Cloth, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5287. Morris FS 37. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fragments of 1/1 plain weave cotton cloth. Images: AMNH 29.0/5287A: two fragments of cotton plain-weave cloth stitched together. AMNH 29.0/5287B: other face showing overcast seam. AMNH 29.0/5287C: detail of fabric showing three areas of raised wefts. AMNH 29.0/5287D: close-up of raised wefts suggesting former location of attachments. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances, had been thrown in through the door connecting with the room above Room 110, forming a fan-shaped deposit, 2 feet deep, beneath the door and dwindling out in the northeast and northwest corners. Being in an outer tier, the slope above Room 122-2, was very steep, providing excellent drainage, which condition, together with the air space beneath the floor, had excluded all moisture from the refuse. This mass, of Chaco age, contained a fine assortment of textiles and other perishable artifacts (29.0-5251-5400), such as in most places is entirely decayed. The conspicuous components of the deposit, other than manufactured articles, were shreds of cedarbark, cornhusks, and cobs, strips of yucca leaf in great abundance, excrement, ashes, and floor sweepings.” 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.棉织物，馆藏编号AMNH29.0，目录号5287，编号Morris FS 37。由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成分析。样品为1/1平纹编织棉织物残片。影像资料如下：AMNH 29.0/5287A：两块缝合在一起的平纹棉织物残片；AMNH 29.0/5287B：织物另一面展示包边缝合缝；AMNH 29.0/5287C：织物细节，可见三处纬浮起区域；AMNH 29.0/5287D：纬浮起区域特写，推测为原有附着物的残留位置。该文物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）122-2号房间的发掘工作。莫里斯（1928：357）曾指出：“122-2号房间位于112号房间上方。垃圾堆积物中超过一半为植物及其他易腐物质，通过连接110号房间上方的门洞被倾倒至此，在门洞下方形成厚达2英尺的扇形堆积，并向东北、西北角落逐渐变薄。由于该房间位于外排区域，其上方坡面极为陡峭，具备良好的排水条件，加之地板下方存在空气层，使得垃圾堆积完全隔绝了水汽。这批属于查科时期的堆积物中包含了丰富的纺织品及其他易腐人工制品（编号29.0-5251至5400），这类遗存在多数区域早已完全腐朽。除加工制品外，堆积中较为显眼的组分包括雪松树皮碎块、玉米苞叶及玉米芯、大量丝兰叶条状物、粪便、灰烬以及地板清扫物。”参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第二十六卷，第五部分，美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集，纽约。