Perishable: Coiled Basket AMNH 29.0-8958

Coiled Basket, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8958. Morris FS 2452. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE, NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Small, coiled 3 rod, bunched, sumac or willow basket. Images: AMNH 29.0-8958A: small coiled basket. AMNH 29.0-8958B: feather enclosed by braided rim. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 95, Grave 20, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 95 at the time of excavation is as follows. “From 7 to 10 feet from the floor of Room 95 in the masonry portion of the fill were various stone artifacts…. must have come from the third floor. Refuse covered the entire area of the first floor. Along the west wall it was from 4 to 6 inches in depth. From the northwest to the northeast corners, it gradually increased to a depth of 1 and one-half feet. Toward the center of the south wall it became progressively thicker from all directions, reaching a maximum depth of 3 and one-half feet. [Description of artifacts]…. Above the refuse, from the line of the doors to the west wall, was a layer of washed sand 2 to 5 inches thick….The ceiling of Room 95 had been supported by three pine logs, running north and south. The two western logs fell long before the eastern one gave way. The timbers of the western two-thirds of the ceiling were completely decayed. The eastern beam either rotted or broke off close to the south wall. As it was forced downward, the leverlike action of the opposite end, together with the similarly exerted force of the corresponding timber in Room 94, completely demolished the north wall down to within 23 feet of the floor….[Description of doorways]. There are ventilators in each end of both north and south walls." (Morris1928: 347-349).
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. Also see: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part III, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

盘编篮，登记号AMNH29.0，目录编号#8958，编号Morris FS 2452。该文物具有文化敏感性，属于《北美原住民墓地保护与归还法案》（Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act，NAGPRA）管辖范畴，访问权限受限。
2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该藏品为小型三杆束状结构盘编篮，以漆树杆或柳木编织制成。
影像资料：AMNH 29.0-8958A：小型盘编篮；AMNH 29.0-8958B：编织包边内包裹的羽毛。
该藏品出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）95号房间20号墓葬的发掘工作。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对95号房间的描述如下：
"在95号房间填土的砖石区域内，距地面7至10英尺处出土了各类石制文物……这些文物应来自第三层堆积。一层堆积区域全覆盖有垃圾层，沿西墙厚度为4至6英寸；从西北角落向东北角落，垃圾层厚度逐渐增加至1.5英尺；朝向南墙中部，垃圾层从四周向中心逐渐增厚，最大厚度达3.5英尺。[文物描述]……在垃圾层上方，从门线至西墙区域分布有一层厚度2至5英寸的冲洗砂层。95号房间的顶棚由三根南北走向的松木梁支撑，西侧两根梁的坍塌早于东侧梁。顶棚西三分之二的木梁已完全腐朽，东侧横梁要么腐朽要么在靠近南墙处断裂。当东侧横梁向下坍塌时，其另一端的杠杆作用，连同94号房间对应木梁施加的作用力，彻底损毁了北墙，损毁范围直至距地面23英尺处……[门道描述]南北墙两端均设有通风孔。"（Morris1928: 347-349）
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。另可参考：厄尔·莫里斯，1924年，《阿兹特克遗址墓葬》，第二十六卷第三部分，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。