Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/9965

Yucca Bundle, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #9965. Morris FS 3446. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of wrapped yucca leaves, blackened. Image: AMNH 29.0/9965A: small bundle of yucca leaves, blackened. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 135-2, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 135-2 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A cobblestone-lined firepit, 1 foot 8 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, occupied the center of the floor of Room 135-2. A masonry wall some 7 inches thick, built above the south set of floor supports, transformed that end of the room into a bin. Above a height of 2 feet this wall was broken down. The bin contained 2 and one-half feet of refuse which thinned down to a depth of 6 to 8 inches along the north wall….On top of the rubbish was some washed and blown earth and thence to the surface, wall debris, containing a few decayed, but unburned, sticks from the second ceiling. In the center of the west wall there was once a doorway, 2 and one-half feet wide and beginning 2 feet 4 inches from the floor level. Eventually the masonry below its south side was torn out to within 6 inches of the floor; lintels were laid across the 1 foot 2 inch opening at the level of the sill; and the original door walled up, leaving a secondary passage, perhaps an entrance, but more probably an air hole.” (Morris1928: 387). 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.丝兰标本组（Yucca Bundle），馆藏编号AMNH29.0，目录号#9965，标本号Morris FS 3446，由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成分析。该标本为包裹状丝兰叶组，已炭黑。影像资料：AMNH 29.0/9965A：炭黑的小型丝兰叶组标本。该标本出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）135-2号房间的发掘工作。 厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对135-2号房间的描述如下：“135-2号房间的地面中央设有一处以鹅卵石铺砌的火塘，直径1英尺8英寸，深5英寸。南侧的一组地面支撑结构上方建有一道厚约7英寸的砌筑墙，将房间南侧区域改造为储物坑。该墙在高度2英尺以上的部分已坍塌。该储物坑内堆积有2.5英尺厚的废弃物，向北墙方向堆积厚度逐渐减薄至6至8英寸……废弃物堆上方覆盖有经冲刷和风力搬运的土层，再往上则是墙体残骸，其中包含少量来自第二层天花板的腐朽但未被焚烧的木杆。西墙中部曾设有一道门洞，宽2.5英尺，门洞底部距地面高度为2英尺4英寸。其后，门洞南侧下方的砌筑结构被拆至距地面仅6英寸处；随后在窗台高度位置的1英尺2英寸宽的开口上方架设了过梁；原门洞被砌筑封堵，仅留下一处次生通道——该通道或为入口，更可能为通风孔。”(Morris1928: 387) 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。