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- Olivella Shell Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Olivella shell from Atsinna Pueblo; missing the top half. Dimensions: L 1.0, DIAM 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 15, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Incised Olivella Shell Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Incised and perforated Olivella shell bead from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 1.3, DIAM 0.7 CM. 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. - Olivella Shell Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Perforated Olivella shell from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 1.2, DIAM 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 15, Floor. 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. - 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. - Olivella Shell Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Perforated Olivella shell from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 1.7, DIAM 0.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 15, 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Stone Beads
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Beads from the surface of Atsinna Pueblo. Left: Irregularly-shaped bead with a biconical, off-center drilled hole; Right: Cylindrical drilled gypsum (selenite) bead with a slanting conical hole. Dimensions: Left: W 0.6, T 0.3 CM; Right: L 1.4, D 1.0, L 0.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. 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.