Perishable: Pot Rest AZRU8-1822

Pot Rest, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #1822. Morris FS 3690. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Coil of grass wrapped crosswise with narrow yucca strips tied in square knots. Measurements: D 18.0 (EXT), 6.0 (INT), TH 3.5 CM. Image: AZRU8-1822 grass pot rest bound with yucca strips. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 136-2, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 136-2 at the time of excavation is as follows: “A great quantity of Mesa Verde refuse had been cast into Room 136-2 and evenly distributed, its upper limit being nearly level at a height of 3½ feet from the floor. There was a predominant proportion of organic matter, mostly vegetable, and owing to the air space afforded by the open room beneath (Room 147) and to the 5 to 10 feet of debris above, preservation of perishable, objects was practically perfect, except in the upper 3 to 6 inches which had been moistened by rain water before the ceilings above gave way…At the center of the room, beginning 1½ feet from the floor, was about one-half cubic yard of corn tassels (Fig. 24). The tips of the plants had been broken off and tied into bouquet-shaped bundles, as flowers might be…” (Morris 1928:380).
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.

草编陶垫（Pot Rest），入藏编号AZRU-00008，目录编号1822，文献编号Morris FS 3690，由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）于2006年完成分析。该器物以草编盘为主体，以窄幅丝兰条带横向缠绕，并以方结系缚固定。尺寸：直径18.0厘米（外）、6.0厘米（内），厚度3.5厘米。影像资料：编号AZRU8-1822的丝兰条带捆缚草编陶垫影像。该器物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）主持的阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）136-2号房址发掘工作。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对136-2号房址的描述如下："大量梅萨维德文化（Mesa Verde）废弃堆积被倾倒至136-2号房址内并均匀散布，堆积上限距房址地面约3.5英尺，近乎平整。堆积中以植物类有机质为主，占比极高。得益于下方开放的147号房址提供的通风空间，以及上方5至10英尺的堆积层覆盖，易腐朽遗物的保存状态近乎完美，仅顶部3至6英寸区域因上方顶板坍塌前被雨水浸润而受损……房址中心距地面1.5英尺处，堆积有约半立方码的玉米雄穗（图24）。这些玉米植株的穗尖被折断后，被捆扎成类似鲜花花束的束状。"（莫里斯，1928年：380）参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第26卷，第V部分，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。