Perishable: Yucca Chain AMNH 29.0/8833

Yucca Chain, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8833 . Morris FS 2323. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Knotted, yucca-leaf chain. Image: AMNH 29.0/8833A: yucca chain. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 115, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 115 at the time of excavation is as follows: “Upon the floor of Room 115 were quantities of gypsum and a gray shaly clay, probably materials used in pottery making…The next element of the fill was refuse…The greater depth in the southwest corner was due to the fact that the refuse had been poured in through a stair tunnel in the west end of the south wall. More than twenty-five years ago unknown parties sawed out a section of the western supporting timber near the north wall and also the south. To a height of 1 foot 10 inches this wall showed patches of red plaster and 6 inches farther up, flakes of white still adhered. As the space between had peeled off, the height of union between red and white could not be determined” (Morris 1928:358).
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.

丝兰叶编链，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History，简称AMNH）馆藏登录号AMNH29.0，目录编号#8833，莫里斯野外标本编号FS 2323。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特完成分析。该标本为编结式丝兰叶链。图像编号：AMNH 29.0/8833A：丝兰叶编链。该标本出自厄尔·莫里斯发掘的阿兹特克西遗址115号房间。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对115号房间的描述如下：“115号房间的地面堆积有大量石膏与灰色页岩黏土，推测应为制陶所用原料……填土的下一层为废弃物堆积层。西南角堆积层厚度更大，原因是废弃物通过南墙西端的楼梯隧道被倾倒至此。二十五年多前，不明人员锯掉了北墙附近及南墙附近的部分西部支撑木。该墙体在1英尺10英寸高度处带有红色灰泥斑块，再往上6英寸处仍附着有白色灰泥薄片。由于两层之间的区域已剥落，无法确定红、白灰泥层的结合高度”（莫里斯，1928：358）。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。