- 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). - 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. - Bone Tube
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smoothed bone tube with cut but not ground ends; from Atsinna Pueblo; cutting marks evident at both ends. Dimensions: L 3.7, DIAM 1.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Canine Tooth Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Canine tooth pendant drilled biconically through the root and polished; from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, 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. - Bird Bone Tube
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smoothed bird bone tube with one end cut flat; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 6.2, DIAM 1.2 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. - 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. - Round Bead
Description: Round turquoise bead. Dimensions: Diameter 0.7 cm, 0.4 cm thick. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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. - Tubular Bone Bead/Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Tubular bone bead or whistle fragment with a hole drilled into the side near one end; from Atsinna Pueblo; cut marks also evident at end. Dimensions: L 1.8, DIAM 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FLOOR & 1 FOOT ABOVE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.