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- Pipe Stem Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mouth end of a tubular polished grayware pipe. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Main Plaza, Test 1, 38.25-40.00 M, 100-150 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Pipe Stem
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unslipped sherd-tempered grayware pipe stem. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11 (Kiva A), Lower fill above fallen roof. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cloud Blower or Pipe Stem
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unslipped pipe stem or cloud blower with an off-center hole. The end of the pipe appears to have been ground, making it difficult to ascertain the original form. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 1-S, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Elbow-style Pipe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Grayware elbow-style pipe with a flat-bottomed bowl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 11 (Kiva A), Fill, SE side. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Figurine Fragment, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Zoomorphic unslipped grayware figurine fragment. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Figurine Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Zoomorphic unslipped grayware figurine fragment. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Modeled Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unslipped grayware modeled spindle whorl. Dimensions: L 2.1, DIAM 2.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 14, Lower fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Squeezed" Clay
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Crudely shaped, unevenly squeezed clay/ceramic object with one end twisted off and the other slightly tapered with a small central hole. Dimensions: L 4.8, DIAM 1.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2, fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Grayware "Pellet"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Grayware ceramic “pellet.” The pellet is asymmetrically rounded and bears no adornment or perforations. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Grayware Adorno
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Grayware coiled adorno (a relief ornament applied to a larger ceramic item, such as a bowl or jar). Dimensions: DIAM 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Main Plaza, Test 1, 40-45 M, 10-? CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Punctate Ceramic Cylinder
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Tapering ceramic cylinder with two broken-off projections and a flat base. Punctation is present on the base and in three rows around the cylinder. Dimensions: L 4.0, DIAM 1.5-1.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Punctate Low-fired Ceramic
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Low-fired ceramic artifact with a flattened upper side and 15 small but deep punctuations irregularly arranged on the surface. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 11 (Kiva A), NE area & SE sector, upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Lump Pottery Clay
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Lump pottery clay, pinched together at the top and flattened on the base. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 3, 40-50 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Low-fired Ceramic Oval
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Low-fired flattened ceramic oval with a round depression near one end; found with a similar artifact bearing two depressions, one on each end. Dimensions: L 4.0, W 2.7, T 1.4. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 11 (Kiva A), Floor, near bench. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Thumb Handle Cup," Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Red-slipped ceramic “thumb handle cup” or jar finger hold with ground edges. Dimensions: DIAM 4.4, D 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 18, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.