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- Shell Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Elongate shell (Glycimeris?) pendant with a drilled hole at the top. Dimensions: L 4.0, T .3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Turquoise Bead or Pendant Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Wedge-shaped turquoise bead or pendant fragment from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: DIAM 0.5, T 0.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rectangular Stone Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular stone pendant from Atsinna Pueblo, perforated, missing a small portion from the top margin, and bearing a chip on one lateral margin. Dimensions: L 1.3, W 1.1, T 0.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Olivella Shell Beads
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Olivella shell beads displaying various degrees of weathering from the surface of Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 1.0, DIAM 0.5 CM - L 1.6, DIAM 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Perforated Stone Cylinder
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Perforated stone cylinder described in the artifact catalog as a pendant. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 9, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Tubular Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Tubular black stone (steatite) bead from Atsinna Pueblo. The bead was biconically perforated, smoothed, and ground on the ends. Dimensions: L 1.6, DIAM 0.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Disk Bead Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Drilled turquoise or chrysocolla disk bead fragment from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: DIAM 0.9, T 0.1. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 Foot Above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Turquoise Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Biconically perforated turquoise disk bead from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: DIAM 0.6, T 0.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 15, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Stone Ornament
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular stone ornament drilled with a single hole in each corner; from Atsinna Pueblo. The stone appears to be gypsum (selenite). Dimensions: L 5.2, W 2.7, T 0.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Turtle Shell Rattle Fragments
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Turtle shell rattle fragments from Atsinna Pueblo; sections of both the dorsal and ventral shells present, with a single perforation evident in the dorsal shell and four perforations present on the ventral surface. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FLOOR & 1 FOOT ABOVE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Tube
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smoothed bone tube with cut but not ground ends; from Atsinna Pueblo; cutting marks evident at both ends. Dimensions: L 3.7, DIAM 1.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Tube
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smoothed bird bone tube with one end cut flat; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 6.2, DIAM 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone whistle fragment with one oval stop retained and three cutting marks evident at the end; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 12.5, DIAM 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone whistle fragment with one oval stop retained; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 9.3, DIAM 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Olivella Shell Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Olivella shell bead with cut/ground ends from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 1.0, DIAM 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 Foot Above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.