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- Bird Bone Whistle Shaft
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bird bone whistle shaft, cut at both ends, with a single hole in the middle of the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 2.7, DIAM 0.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1, 0-100 (CM?), FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Drilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Worked flat bone from Atsinna Pueblo; sub-rectangular with rounded ends, well-polished, and with a hole drilled near the center. Dimensions: L 7.2, W 4.3, T 0.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-S, ON FLOOR BESIDE W END OF SOUTH BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Polished Bird Bone Whistle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bird bone whistle shaft, cut at both ends, with a single hole in the middle of the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 5.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 9, UPPER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Gaming Pieces
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular polished bone gaming pieces from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, FLOOR FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Drilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Worked flat bone from Atsinna Pueblo; sub-rectangular with rounded ends, well-polished, and with a hole drilled near the center. Dimensions: L 7.2, W 4.3, T 0.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-S, ON FLOOR BESIDE W END OF SOUTH BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Variety of Bone Gaming Pieces
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Collection of small, flat, oval, round, and rectangular polished bone gaming pieces from Atsinna Pueblo. Thirty-five in total, with some bearing incising marks or striae. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4 Floor, with pebbles in center of room. 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. - Circular Bone Pin
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well-polished circular bone splinter pin with a shallow socket at the base. Dimensions: L 6.7, DIAM 0.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 45-50 M, 150-200 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Square Bone Pin Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Squared bone pin fashioned from a large bone splint. Well-polished, but with a broken tip; from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 38.25-40.00 M, 100-150 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Jet Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Conically perforated and bifacially ground broken jet pendant. Dimensions: L 2.9, W 1.5, T 0.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Main Plaza, Test 1, 34.65-40.00 M, 10-50 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Highly Polished Pin
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Highly polished pin with a rectangular cross-section. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 36.00-38.75 M, 150-200 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Olivella Shell Bead Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Olivella shell bead fragment (interior) 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. - 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. - Circular Argillite Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Thin, circular, biconically drilled argillite pendant. Dimensions: T 0.1, DIAM 1.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse Mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bird (turkey?) bone bead with a hollow, slightly tapering tube and oval cross-section; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 2.8, W 2.0, T 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 11. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.