Ceramic: Nava Black-on-white, ladle, AMNH 29.0/6758

Nava Black-on-white, Chuskan, ladle, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6758. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Trachyte temper. Ladle is 100% complete. Measurements: 6.9 cm orifice diameter (estimate), 3.5 cm height. Image AMNH 29.0/6758 A: view of exterior ladle base showing hard surface wear on bowl. Image AMNH 29.0/6758 B: top view showing interior ladle bowl design, handle, and intensive dipper wear on the rim surface opposite of handle. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West Ruin. Morris describes Kiva D as having “been burned before its original contents were removed….Quantities of charcoal covered the floor. The adobe from the roof was fused in places and in others burned to the consistency of brick. The space above was filled by fallen masonry” (Earl Morris 1916-1923 unpublished “Kiva Notes”; on file at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico). Morris (1924:212) also indicates that the bodies of four individuals were in the kiva at the time of burning. “Pottery vessels and other objects were scattered about on the floor and on the banquettes as if left where convenience dictated by those accustomed to frequent the chamber” (Morris 1924:212). Reference: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin and the Aztec Ruin Annex, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. XXVI, Parts III and IV, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

纳瓦白底黑纹（Nava Black-on-white）陶器，楚斯坎（Chuskan）类型，勺形器，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History，简称AMNH）入藏登记号29.0，馆藏编号6758。该标本由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）于2004年完成分析，羼和料为粗面岩（trachyte temper）。此陶勺保存完整度达100%。测量数据：器口直径估算值为6.9厘米，器高3.5厘米。
影像资料AMNH 29.0/6758 A：陶勺外部器底视图，可见碗部存在显著的表面使用磨损痕迹。影像资料AMNH 29.0/6758 B：俯视视角，展示陶勺内部碗体纹饰、手柄，以及手柄对侧的口沿表面存在密集的勺用磨损痕迹。
该标本出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址基瓦D（Kiva D）的发掘工作。莫里斯将基瓦D描述为"在原始遗存被移除前即已被焚毁……大量木炭覆盖了地面，屋顶的土坯在部分区域熔融，其余区域则被烧至砖状硬度，上方空间被坠落的砖石填满"（厄尔·莫里斯1916-1923年未刊《基瓦笔记》；现藏于新墨西哥州阿兹特克的阿兹特克废墟国家纪念地档案中）。
莫里斯（1924：212）同时指出，焚毁发生时，基瓦内共有4具人类遗骸。"陶容器与其他器物散落在地面及台座上，正如常出入该空间的人们出于便利随手放置的模样"（莫里斯1924：212）。
参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1924，《阿兹特克废墟及阿兹特克附属废墟中的墓葬》，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》第26卷，第三、四分册，美国自然历史博物馆，纽约。