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- Tusayan Corrugated Jar
Description: Tusayan Corrugated cooking jar. Fully restored with plaster replacing missing sherds. Dimensions: Unknown Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15262). - Stone Axe
View 3D Model Description: Stone axe with hafting groove; cutting edge is smoothed from use. Collected from the Echo Cliffs area. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15477). - Mosaic Replica, Front
View 3D Model Description: Turquoise and coral mosaic on shell; replica made by Emil Haury, August 20, 1931. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: n/a Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15593). - Mosaic Replica, Back
View 3D Model Description: Turquoise and coral mosaic on shell; replica made by Emil Haury, August 20, 1931. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: n/a Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15593). - Mosaic Replica
View 3D Model Description: Turquoise and coral mosaic on shell; replica made by Emil Haury, August 20, 1931. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: n/a Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15593). - Medicine Black-on-red
Another type of imported ceramic found at the site was Tsegi Orange Ware, also manufactured in the Kayenta cultural area. Types represented include Medicine Black-on-red (shown here), which dates to A.D. 1050-1125, and Tusayan Black-on-red (A.D. 1065-1200). - Tsegi Orange Ware
The mend holes in these Tsegi Orange Ware sherds may indicate the value of traded wares, as holes like these were drilled on either side of a crack and then threaded with cotton or yucca thread or sinew to bind the crack and prolong the life of the vessel. - Floyd Black-on-gray, Close View
This photograph shows the broken edge of a piece of Floyd Black-on-gray pottery. The larger pieces that look like sand are called temper, which is used to strengthen ceramic vessels. Temper also helps archaeologists identify ceramic wares and types, and in some cases, can be used to determine where the vessel itself was made. - Floyd Black-on-gray
This type of pottery (Floyd Black-on-gray) was made between A.D. 800 and 1025 and is associated with the Cohonina archaeological culture. - Tusayan White Ware
Tusayan White Ware is a ceramic type associated with the Kayenta archaeological culture of northeastern Arizona. These likely arrived at the site through trade. - Corrugated Sherds
Tusayan Gray Ware, manufactured in the Kayenta cultural area of northeastern Arizona, was the most abundant of the imported ceramic wares found on site. The sherds shown here are all Tusayan Corrugated (A.D. 1050-1175), though several show a zoned pattern involving bands of pinched corrugations and unpinched bands. - Polishing Stone
This small, round stone found on the surface of the site may have been a smoothing or polishing stone, tools used most commonly in pottery manufacture. Other ground stone artifacts recovered from the site include grinding tools, such as manos and metates, used to process seeds, corn, and other foods, and abrading tools used in stone tool manufacture and perhaps hide processing. - Awl, Close View
A detailed view of the worn or polished ridges on the side of the awl recovered from the pit house hearth. - Awl
This image shows the two sides of a bone awl recovered from the hearth of the pit house. The awl, blackened from burning, was broken during excavation, but could be refit, as shown here. Made from the metapodial of an artiodactyl (deer species), the awl measured 105 mm long and was decorated with a series of worn and polished ridges on one edge. Awls served a variety of purposes and were used prehistorically the manufacture of clothing, baskets, and sandals. - Projectile Points
Surprisingly, the projectile points (used to tip darts and arrows) recovered from the site are not typical of Cohonina-style points, and instead resemble styles used by earlier peoples (right) and Kayenta or Fremont hunters (left).