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- Obsidian Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Sinagua fashion. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: (left)weft wrap, open-weave cotton cloth recovered from the Wupatki Pueblo trash midden; (right) plain-weave cotton cloth dyed red. The North Country is too cold for cotton to grow, so the cloth, or the cotton from which it was woven, was likely traded to the Sinagua by their southern neighbors, the Hohokam. Dimensions: (left) 8 cm x 4.5 cm x 0.1 cm; (right) 14.0 cm x 12.5 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Copper Bells from Mexico
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Copper bells in the Southwest originated in Mesoamerica. Unfortunately, the provenience information for these particular bells is currently unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Nose Plugs
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: (top) limestone nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo; (bottom) red argillite nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo. Men wore these nose plugs through a pierced septum. Dimensions: (top) 3.7 cm (H) x 2.2 cm (W) x 1.7 cm (T); (bottom) 0.7 in. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Cohonina Points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Cohonina Description: Black point: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Cohonina style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point: Cohonina-style chalcedony projectile point or drill from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (black) 1.2L x 0.4W x 0.1T cm (0.47 x 0.16 x 0.04 in); (opaque) 45.0L x 9.0W x 2.0T mm (1.77 x 0.35 x 0.08 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Sinagua points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Black point on the left: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Sinagua fashion. This point was found across the wash from Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point on the right: Side-notched chert projectile point manufactured in a Sinagua style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (black): 2.7L x 1.5W cm (1.06 x 0.59 in); (opaque): 1.3L x 0.6W cm (0.51 x 0.024 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Kayenta Points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Left: Basally notched projectile point manufactured on chert in the Kayenta style. This point was found on a mesita west of Crack-in-Rock Road. Right: Kayenta-style projectile point manufactured on brown chert and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (left) 3.6L x 1.6W x 0.31T cm (1.42 x 0.63 x 0.12 in); (right)3.3L x 1.8W x 0.4T cm (1.3 x 0.71 x 0.16 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument ("http://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/docs/Wupatki/WUPA5263.pdf" >catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Flagstaff Black-on-white Shaped Disk
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Flagstaff Black-on-white ceramic disc shaped by flaking and/or grinding and used to scrape and smooth Kayenta-style pottery. Dimensions: 4.6 cm (W) x 0.4 cm (T) (1.81 x 0.16 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Polishing Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Stone used for smoothing and polishing pottery. Provenience unknown. Dimensions: 4.5 cm (H) x 4.0 cm (W) x 2.5 cm (T) (1.77 x 1.57 x 0.98 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Sunset Red Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua (A.D. 1064-1300) Description: Sunset Red bowl. This bowl provides an example of Sinagua-style pottery. Dimensions: 12.7(H) x 12.7(W) x 6.35(D) cm (5 x 5 x 2.5 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card); on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona. - Flagstaff Black-on-white Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta (ca. 1150-1225) Description: Flagstaff Black-on-white bowl with handle; representative of Kayenta-style pottery. Dimensions: 6.5 cm (H) x 12.0 cm (diameter) (2.56 x 4.72 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card); on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona. - Sunset Corrugated Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Sunset Corrugated bowl collected from a trail leading to the ballcourt at Wupatki Pueblo. The vessel was restored after collection. The catalog card identifies this vessel as Elden Corrugated, a similar ware from the same general area (both types are examples of Sinagua-style pottery). NPS archaeologist R. Dorr only recently noted the misidentification. Dimensions: 9.5 cm (H) x 11 cm (W) x 0.7 cm (T) (3.74 x 4.33 x 0.28 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Tusayan Corrugated Mug
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta (A.D. 1030 - A.D. 1300+) Description: Gray Tusayan Corrugated mug found near Wupatki National Monument. This mug is an example of Kayenta-style pottery. Dimensions: 11.0 cm (H) x 6.8 cm (rim diameter) (4.33 x 2.68 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Deadmans Fugitive Red Pitcher
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Cohonina (ca. A.D. 700-1175) Description: Deadmans Fugitive Red pitcher from NA5137, an archaeological site located within Wupatki National Monument. This pitcher provides an example of Cohonina-style pottery. Dimensions: 10.0 cm tall (3.94 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Flagstaff Black-on-white Ladle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Small Flagstaff Black-on-white ladle. Dimensions: 18 cm long x a bowl diameter of 9 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card); on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona.