- Barbed Shaft
Description: Tapered wooden shaft with a barbed end; the end opposite the barbs has pitch or gum on it. Dimensions: L 19.1 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 265). - Barbed Shaft, Detail
Description: Tapered wooden shaft with a barbed end; the end opposite the barbs has pitch or gum on it. Dimensions: L 19.1 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 265). - Barbed Shaft, Detail 2
Description: Tapered wooden shaft with a barbed end; the end opposite the barbs has pitch or gum on it. Dimensions: L 19.1 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 265). - Arrow Mainshaft
Description: Reed arrow mainshaft with nock, a red painted band, and sinew wrapped around both ends. Dimensions: L 18.0 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 879). - Arrow Mainshaft, Nock Detail
Description: Reed arrow mainshaft with nock, a red painted band, and sinew wrapped around both ends. Dimensions: L 18.0 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 879). - Arrow, Detail
Description: Willow twig with an obsidian projectile point lashed on with yucca fiber. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 570). - Wooden Point
Description: Wooden point with a constricted end, likely for socketing into another piece. Dimensions: L approx 5 cm. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 69). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Basalt shaft straightener with a single groove. Dimensions: L 6.4, W 11.3 , H 3 cm, Groove W 1.6, diam 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Reeds, Alternate View
Description: Reed, probably gathered for arrow shafts but unworked. Found loosely wrapped with a length of yucca leaf. Dimensions: L 45.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Bone Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone whistle fragment with one oval stop retained; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 9.3, DIAM 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone whistle fragment with one oval stop retained and three cutting marks evident at the end; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 12.5, DIAM 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bow and Arrows
Cultural Period: Puebloan Description: Sinew wrapped bow and arrows. The bow is strung with sinew, and reinforced with the same material, but a crack runs crosswise through the center of the arch. Both arrows have sinew-bound feather fletching and stone points and painted red nock ends. The three-feathered arrow is known to be a replica, and it is likely the other is as well. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Late 1800s Longrifle
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Late 1800s Longrifle, Plate Stamp
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Late 1800s Longrifle, Barrel Stamp
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.