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- Argillite Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Red-orange (argillite) perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Argillite Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Red-orange (argillite) perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. 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. - 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. - Irregular Turquoise Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Irregularly-shaped perforated turquoise bead. Provenience: Unknown. 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. - Large Perforated Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Large flat abraded stone with rounded ground edges and a perforation in the remaining corner; from Atsinna Pueblo; unknown substance adhering to the surface. Dimensions: L 10.6, W 10.4, T 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 1-N, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Light Green Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Light green perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Perforated Pot Lid or Ornament Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Tabular, partially-ground stone pot cover or ornament fragment from Atsinna Pueblo. The faces are lightly ground, the edge rounded, and on one face, a shallow groove extends from either side of a single perforation. Dimensions: L 7.5, W 5.4, T 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Perforated Stone Cylinder
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Perforated stone cylinder described in the artifact catalog as a pendant. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 9, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rectangular Stone Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular stone pendant from Atsinna Pueblo, perforated, missing a small portion from the top margin, and bearing a chip on one lateral margin. Dimensions: L 1.3, W 1.1, T 0.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. 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. - Stone Beads, Manufacturing Stages
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: A variety of stone beads in various stages of manufacture; from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. 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. - 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.