Perishable: Willow Coil AZRU8-2757

Willow Coil, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2757. Morris FS 5043. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Coil of probable willow wrapped in one area with a separate group of twigs. Some of the willow is split lengthwise. Measurements: L 13.5, W 13.0 CM. Image: AZRU8-2757 A: coil of willow bound with willow. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 180, Aztec West Ruin. Morris described Room 180 as “fallen into ruin [before the later occupation of Aztec Ruin]. The partial excavation of this chamber revealed the first story filled with detritus from the upper walls, including the well-preserved, though broken, timbers, apparently of two ceilings…Visible in it, through the door leading into Room 147, were long slender pine poles and portions of willow mats, some of them with a striped color effect produced by alternating series of white peeled sticks with series of dark brown unpeeled ones. Extending from the upper limit of the debris to 5 feet above the level of the second floor at the west side and 7 feet at the east, was a refuse deposit containing a large number artifacts and Burials Nos. 89-101” (Morris1928:378). 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.馆藏登录号AZRU-00008、目录编号2757的柳编盘绕束（Willow Coil），档案号Morris FS 5043，2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特完成分析。该藏品为疑似柳树材质的盘绕束，局部包裹有独立的细枝组；部分柳材经纵向劈裂处理。尺寸：长13.5厘米，宽13.0厘米。 影像资料：AZRU8-2757 A：以柳条捆绑的柳编束，出土自厄尔·莫里斯对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）180号房间的发掘工作。 莫里斯将180号房间描述为「在阿兹特克遗址后续人类居住阶段前便已坍塌。对该房间的局部发掘显示，首层堆积有来自上层墙体的碎屑，其中包含虽已破损但保存完好的木构件，显然来自两处天花板……通过通往147号房间的门，可见室内陈设着细长的松木杆与部分柳编席；部分席子带有条纹效果，由交替排列的去皮白色枝条与未去皮深褐色枝条构成。从碎屑堆积的上限至西侧二层楼面以上5英尺、东侧二层楼面以上7英尺的区域内，存在一处包含大量人工制品与89至101号墓葬的垃圾堆积层」（莫里斯，1928：378）。 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。