Perishable: Yucca Bundle AMNH 29.0/8417

Yucca Bundle, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #8417. Morris FS 1910. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of prepared, wrapped and knotted yucca strips. Image: AMNH 29.0/8417A bundle of prepared yucca strips. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 72, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 72 at the time of excavation is as follows. “A layer of washed adobe 2 to 4 inches thick covered the floor of Room 72. Eleven long unpeeled willows had been left standing in the southeast corner. The ceiling support was one pine log running north and south…. The small poles were also of pine. Somewhat more than five cubic yards of dry refuse had been deposited in the room above Room 72. …. [Long list of artifacts]…. Eventually, …the wall between [Room 63] and Room 72 collapsed into the latter chamber, filling it with masonry from 1 foot at the east side to 3 and one-half feet at the west. In falling, the wall brought with it most of the west half of the ceiling of Room 72….refuse poured down from above… [A] secondary deposit continued in an unbroken line across Rooms 63 and 72. It was about 6 feet deep against the west wall of Room 63 and dwindled down to 2 feet at the east wall of Room 72….In the fallen masonry above the refuse were partially burned timbers from an upper ceiling. Eventually, the timber supporting the ceiling of Room 73 slivered near the south end and, with the mass above it, settled down.... A large cavity was left beneath the then sloping ceiling along the north and east walls….At the middle of the north wall is a door, 2 feet 4 inches wide, and 4 feet high, with sill 3 feet from the floor.” (Morris1928: 319-320). 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.丝兰束（Yucca Bundle），馆藏号AMNH29.0，目录编号8417，采集自莫里斯FS 1910。2006年由劳里·韦伯斯特（Laurie Webster）完成分析。该批次包含经预处理、捆扎并打结的丝兰条材。影像资料：AMNH 29.0/8417：一束预处理后的丝兰条材。该文物出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）72号房间的发掘工作。 厄尔·莫里斯在发掘现场对72号房间的描述如下： “72号房间的地面覆盖着一层厚度为2至4英寸的水洗土坯（Adobe）。房间东南角留存有11根未剥皮的长柳木。天花板支撑结构为一根南北走向的松木原木……小型支撑木同样为松木。72号房间上方的房间内堆积了超过5立方码的干燥废弃物……[长串文物清单]……最终，63号房间与72号房间之间的墙体坍塌并坠入72号房间，墙体砖石堆积从东侧的1英尺厚度向西侧逐渐增至3.5英尺，填满了该空间。墙体坍塌时，同时带落了72号房间西半侧的大部分天花板……废弃物从上方倾泻而下……次生堆积沿63号与72号房间形成连续分布，在63号房间西墙处堆积深度约6英尺，向东延伸至72号房间东墙时厚度缩减至2英尺……在废弃物上方的坍塌砖石中，发现了上层天花板部分炭化的木梁。最终，73号房间的天花板支撑木在南端发生碎裂，连同上方的堆积物一同沉降……沿北墙与东墙的原有倾斜天花板下方形成了一处大型空腔……北墙中部设有一门，宽2英尺4英寸，高4英尺，门槛距地面3英尺。”（莫里斯1928：319-320） 参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第二十六卷第五分册，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History）人类学论文集，纽约。