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- Flake Tools
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Two chert flake tools, or utilized flakes, from Atsinna. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 18, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Grinding Slab
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Grinding slab with a single use surface. Shaped by flaking, and pecked to rejuvenate the grinding surface. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 17
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 20
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 20, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Awl from Room 20
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Weathered Aves (turkey?) tarsometatarsus bone awl (Catalog No. ELMO 1577). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Zuni Spotted Chert Flake
Cultural Period: Prehistoric Description: Zuni Spotted Chert flake; retouched along one edge and perforated near the flake termination. Zuni Spotted Chert (also called Yellow-brown Spotted Chert, Zuni Jasper, and Chinle Chert) is a material local to the Zuni Mountains. Provenience: Uncertain; possibly from LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.