Perishable: Twined Sandal AMNH 29.0/8937_2

Twined Sandal, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8937.2. Morris FS 2431. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Twined, yucca-fiber sandal fragments of 2-strand twining (S), paired warps. Image: AMNH 29.0/8937_2A, twined sandal fragments. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 95, 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.

编结凉鞋（Twined Sandal），馆藏登录号AMNH29.0，目录编号#8937.2，编号Morris FS 2431。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析检测。该残件以丝兰纤维（yucca-fiber）编织，采用2股S向编结（2-strand twining (S)）工艺，搭配成对经纱（paired warps）。影像资料：AMNH 29.0/8937_2A，编结凉鞋残件。该标本出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）95号房的发掘工作。

厄尔·莫里斯在发掘现场对95号房的描述如下：
"从95号房堆积的砌筑遗存区段内，距房内地表7至10英尺处，出土各类石制器物……这些器物应来自第三文化层。生活垃圾堆积覆盖了整个房址区域：沿西墙堆积厚度为4至6英寸；从西北隅向东北隅，堆积厚度逐渐增至1.5英尺；朝向南墙中部，堆积厚度从四周向中心逐步增厚，最大厚度可达3.5英尺。[器物描述略]……在生活垃圾堆积层之上，从门址线至西墙区域分布有一层厚度2至5英寸的水洗砂层。95号房的天花板原由3根南北向铺设的松木横梁支撑：西侧两根横梁远早于东侧横梁发生坍塌。天花板西三分之二区域的木构件已完全腐朽；东侧横梁要么完全腐朽，要么在靠近南墙处断裂脱落。当东侧横梁受挤压向下坍塌时，其另一端产生的杠杆效应，连同94号房对应木构件施加的同等作用力，彻底摧毁了北墙，坍塌范围直至距地面23英尺处……[门道描述略]南北墙的两端均设有通风口。"（莫里斯1928：347-349）

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。