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- Bead Blanks
Description: Thin argillite bead blanks in a plainware or Verde Brown bowl. The blanks are of various shapes; some are square while others are six-sided. These blanks, of which there are 652, were found in a single cache. Only 19 are perforated. Dimensions: Bead blanks average about 0.6 cm across. Bowl-3.8 cm H, 9.2 x 6.8 cm opening. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - bowl; catalog card - bead blanks). - Matting and Basket Fragments
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: This mount contains the remains of three different perishable artifacts. The upper left is a rim fragment of a wicker basket. Laurie Webster, of the University of Arizona, describes this basket as having a 1/1 interlaced weave structure with a multiple-element warp, and a rim selvage with 360 degree wrapping around a group of perhaps four twigs. Each warp twig is 1.5 - 1.8 mm in diameter, and the warp channel is approximately 2.0 cm wide. The weft consists of a single twig, 1.0 mm in diameter. There are eight rows of weft per cm. The second artifact (bottom left) consists of the partial base of a wickerwork basket identified by Laurie Webster as having a 1/1 interlacing weave structure with a multiple-element warp. Of the six warp channels in the outermost row of the basket, three contain two twigs and four contain three twigs. The average width of the warp channels is 2.0 cm. The diameter of each warp twig is approximately 2.0 mm, and each weft twig is between 1.5 and 2.0 mm. The basket has seven weft rows per cm. Archaeobotanist Karen Adams identified the raw material as possibly oak (Quercus sp.). A brown substance with off-white specks adhering to the upper surface of the basket may be food residue. The fragments on the right are part of a large, deteriorated, consolidated mat-like object. Laurie Webster identified the weave structure as 1/1 plaiting, and Karen Adams identified the raw material as five-to-ten year old split oak (Quercus sp.) stems. The warp elements are 4.0-6.0 mm in diameter and spaced about 2.0 cm apart, and the weft elements are about 6.0 mm wide and spaced about 2.0 cm apart. Dimensions: 4.5 cm-long by 5.5 cm-wide (upper left); 7.3 cm by 11.0 cm (bottom left); 9.0 cm long and 21.0 cm wide (largest fragment on the right). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Jeddito Black-on-Yellow Bowl
Rotate Description: Jeddito Black-on-Yellow bowl. Dimensions: Height 3.5 in, Diameter 8.5 in. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mosaic Pendant, Close-up
Description: Composite of modified pink scallop shell with turquoise mosaic pendant. Dimensions: Shell diameter 4.4 cm, mosaic diam 1.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Santa Cruz Red-on-Buff Miniature Jar
Rotate Description: Santa Cruz Red-on-Buff miniature ceramic jar. Dimensions: Height of 8 cm, diameter of 10.9 cm, opening of 7.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Agave Knife
Description: Hafted agave knife with an agave stalk handle. The stone knife blade was flaked along the edges and then pushed through the agave stalk while the stalk was still green (there are stretch cracks around the pointed end of the stone). This tool was well-used and exhibits extreme use-polish on the stone knife. Dimensions: Stalk-40.2 cm long, 4.5 cm diameter; Blade-14 x 9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mogollon Brownware Miniature Jar
Rotate Description: Description: Mogollon Brownware miniature ceramic jar with a corrugated pattern on the upper half of the jar and a twisted handle. This jar is most likely a Three Circle Neckcoiled jar. Dimensions: Height of 9.7 cm, diameter of 7.6 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Bidahochi Black-on-White Mug or Pitcher
Rotate Description: Bidahochi Black-on-White mug or pitcher. Dimensions: Height 8.9 cm, Diameter 11.4 cm, Opening 3.1 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Stone Balls
Description: Game tallies? Kick ball? Sling stone? Club head? Or kiva "thunder" stone, rolled across the floor to imitate thunder? Stone balls had many uses. The ball on the left retains what may be hematite or ocher pigment and measures approximately 6.9 cm in width. The ball on the right measures approximately 4.8 cm wide, and was collected with a mortar, in which the ball fit. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Tuzigoot White-on-Red Bowl
Rotate Description: Tuzigoot White-on-Red deep bowl. Dimensions: Height 10.8 cm, Diameter 18.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Carved Bone Gaming Piece
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: A possible bone gaming piece carving with an interlocking pattern similar to Black Mesa ceramic decorations. Found in a room at Wupatki Pueblo, it is also possible that the bone was used as a weaving batten or perhaps worn as an adornment Dimensions: 7.7(L) x 1.95(W) x 0.32(T)cm (3.03 x 0.77 x 0.13in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Tusayan Black-on-Red Seed Bowl
Rotate Description: Large Tusayan Black-on-Red seed bowl. Dimensions: Height 14.7 cm, Diameter 24.2 cm, Opening 12.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Awls from the Refuse Mound
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Eight awls from the refuse mound at Atsinna Pueblo. Back Row: Deer metapodial awl with a modified head (left); bird or rabbit bone awl (center); split deer metapodial awl (right). Center Row: Bird bone awl (left); bird tarsometatarsus awl missing the tip (center); and a deer metapodial awl (right). Front Row: Splinter awl with a modified head and missing tip (left); and a metapodial awl with a modified head and missing tip (right). Dimensions: Back Row: L 6.3, W 2.1 CM (left); L 7.2, W 1.5 CM (center); L 7.0, W 2.0 CM (right); Center Row: L 5.9, DIAM 0.5 (left); L 7.3, W 2.4 CM (center); L 5.2, W 2.0 CM (right); Front Row: L 9.2, W 1.2 CM (left); L 15.5, W 1.7 CM (right). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Tusayan Black-on-White Bowl
Rotate Description: Tusayan Black-on-White bowl with horizontal handle. Dimensions: Height 7.9 cm, Diameter 17.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Trough Metate and Mano
Description: Roughly shaped vesicular basalt metate with deep trough and a vesicular basalt mano. Dimensions: 42 x 31.9 x 14.6 cm (metate; outer), 42 x 19.2 x 10.8 cm (metate, inner); 16 x 10 x 5 cm (mano). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - metate, catalog card- mano).