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- Well-used Mammal Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well-used and worked down mammal bone awl with a sharp beveled tip. Dimensions: L 5.8, DIAM 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Weathered Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Weathered mammal bone awl. Dimensions: L 8.7, W 1.7, T 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 3, 30-40 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Ulna Awls from Room 8
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Two ulna awls from Atsinna Pueblo. One has a modified head and polish, and the other an unmodified head, slight shaft modification, and some polish. Dimensions: L 18.2, W 3.5, T 1.8 CM (unknown which awl these dimensions refer to; however, both are similar in size). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Two Awls from Room 4
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unpolished splinter awl with a rounded end, a slight curve, and a weathered tip (front), and a well-polished awl fashioned from a metapodial (back). Dimensions: L 11.9, W 0.9, T 0.6 CM (front); L 8.9, W 1.5, T 1.1 CM (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Two Awls from Room 10
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: One splinter awl with a squared end and curved outline (back) and a bird bone awl (front) from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Floor fill, SE Corner. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Three Awls from Room 4
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone awls from Atsinna Pueblo, including one fashioned from a polished metapodial (back); one fashioned from a polished splinter, with scoring on the interior (front); and one fashioned from a polished metapodial with a modified head and light scoring from cutting (center). Dimensions: L 9.7, W 1.5, T 1.0 (front); L 14.6, W 1.4, T 0.4 CM (back); L 10.7, W 1.2, T 0.7 CM (center). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Mammal Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well polished split mammal bone awl with a flat head and fine point. Dimensions: L 7.0, W 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Long Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Split mammal long bone awl worked at the tip end and polished overall. Dirt remains adherent. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Floor fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Split bone awl with a flat head and broken tip. Dimensions: L 10.8, W 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Splinter Awl from Room 8
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Splinter awl with a ground and polished end and broken tip. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, Floor, SE Corner. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Spatula Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished white spatula awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2, backfill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Six Awls from Room 7
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Six awls from Atsinna Pueblo. Back Row: Polished splinter awl with a beveled head (left); a flat splinter awl with a rounded butt and missing tip (center); and an awl fashioned from an ulna (possibly Lynx rufus) with a modified head and missing tip. Center Row: Aves (possibly turkey) distal tibiotarsus bone awl with a broken tip and a chisel-like end (left), and an awl fashioned from a metapodial (right). Front: A small splinter awl. Dimensions: Back row: L 11.5, W 0.9, T 0.5 CM (left); L 13.2, W 0.9, T 0.6 CM (center); L 9.6, W 1.6, T 0.8 CM (right); Center Row: L 10.5, W 1.3, T 0.4 CM (left); L 5.2, W 1.3, T 1.0 CM (right); Front: L 7.9, W 0.7, T 0.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 7, Lower fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rough Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rough, perhaps unfinished, bone splinter awl with a blunt point. Dimensions: L 4.9, DIAM 0.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rib Bone Scraper
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Deer rib section used as a scraper. One end angle is cut for 4.5 cm, the tip is broken, and the rib cracked (the cotton string serves to hold the bone together). Fine striae are present perpendicular to the edge. Dimensions: L 7.0, W 2.3 CM Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 34.65-38.25 M, 50-100 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rib Bone "Chisels"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rib bone chisels from Atsinna Pueblo. One end of each is slightly beveled. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 10-50 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.