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- Stone Balls
Description: Game tallies? Kick ball? Sling stone? Club head? Or kiva "thunder" stone, rolled across the floor to imitate thunder? Stone balls had many uses. The ball on the left retains what may be hematite or ocher pigment and measures approximately 6.9 cm in width. The ball on the right measures approximately 4.8 cm wide, and was collected with a mortar, in which the ball fit. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Cobble Mano or Smoothing Stone
Description: Sandstone cobble mano or smoothing stone; if the latter, this tool may have been used for plastering work. Dimensions: 14.2 x 8 x 5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pipe
Description: Broken tubular argillite pipe. Dimensions: L 6.4, diam 1.3, and 2.3, inner diam 2.2 and 1.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Marking Dauber
Description: Triangular argillite marking dauber or pendant. Dimensions: L 5.4, W 1.4, H .7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card ). - Incised Hematite
Description: Plummet-shaped hematite incised 1/8 of an inch from the large end. Dimensions: L 3.2, Diam .6 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card ). - Agave Knife
Description: Curved agave knife with use wear. Dimensions: L 3.25, W 2.75, H 0.25 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt Cylinders
Cultural Period: Sinagua Description: Shaped scoriaceous basalt cylinders; function unknown. Recovered primarily from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Max. - 8.95 cm (L) x 3.12 c (diam.); Min. - 4.6 cm (L) x 2.1 (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Basalt "Bullets"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Tapering, bullet-shaped objects made of basalt and carefully smoothed; found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Left - Unknown; Right - 6.25 cm (L) x 1.6 cm (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Cobble Tool, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Cobble tool described in the artifact catalog as a “paint grinder” with red paint on one surface. The artifact was also used as hammerstone, as evidenced by the battering on the end. Dimensions: L 8.8, W 7.3, T 5.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Handstone Embedded with Hematite
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Discoidal “rubbing stone” with a ground use surface embedded with hematite. Dimensions: L 9.3, W 8.8, T 3.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 2, SW CORNER, VENT. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cobble Tool
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Cobble tool described in the artifact catalog as a “paint grinder” with red paint on one surface. The artifact was also used as hammerstone, as evidenced by the battering on the end. Dimensions: L 8.8, W 7.3, T 5.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Handstone Embedded with Hematite, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Discoidal “rubbing stone” with a ground use surface embedded with hematite. Dimensions: L 9.3, W 8.8, T 3.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 2, SW CORNER, VENT. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Stone Spindle Whorl Fragment
Description: Schist spindle whorl fragment. Dimensions: Radius 1.25 inches, H 1/16 inches. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Abrading Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Flat abrader with a one concave abraded surface; an unknown organic substance is present on the abraded surface. Dimensions: L 13.7, W 11.6, T 0.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1, SOUTH VENT FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Stone Bowl
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Stone bowl made from pecked and ground basalt. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki.