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- Gila and Cliff Polychrome Bowls
Description: Gila Polychrome (left) and Cliff Polychrome (right) bowls. Dimensions: H 3, Diam 6 1/4 in (left), H 3 1/8, Diam 6 in (right). Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 202 - left, TONT 203 - right). - Gila and Cliff Polychrome Bowls
Description: Gila Polychrome (left and center) and Cliff Polychrome (right) bowls. Dimensions: H 8.0, Diam 19.0 cm (left), Diam 6 1/4 in (center), H 3 1/8, Diam 6 in (right). Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1277 - left, TONT 202 - center, TONT 203 - right). - Polychrome Bowls
Description: Gila Polychrome (left), Los Muertos Polychrome (center) and Cliff Polychrome (right) bowls. Dimensions: H 3 1/8, Diam 6 in (left), H 8.0, Diam 18.0 cm (center), H 3, Diam 6 1/4 in (right). Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 203 - left, TONT 1282 - center, TONT 202 - right). - Polychrome Bowls
Description: Gila Polychrome (left) and Los Muertos Polychrome (right) bowls. Dimensions: H 3 1/8, Diam 6 in (left), H 8.0, Diam 18.0 cm (right). Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 203 - left, TONT 1282 - right). - Salado Polychromes
Description: Large Gila Polychrome bowl, large Tonto Polychrome jar, large Gila Polychrome olla, and small Gila Polychrome bowl. Dimensions: H 15.0, W 33.0 cm (large bowl), H 5 1/2, Shoulder W 6 1/2 in (small jar), Unknown (olla), H 3 1/8, Diam 6 in (small bowl). Provenience: Upper Ruin (large jar), Unknown (small jar and small bowl), and Lower Ruin (olla). Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 930 - large bowl, TONT 201 - small jar, TONT 105 - olla, TONT 203 - small bowl). - Gila Red Jar
Description: Gila Red jar with a smudged interior. Dimensions: H 5 3/4 in. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 207). - Redware Bowl
Description: Redware (Salt Red?) bowl with a smudged interior and well-polished exterior. Dimensions: H 15.2, Diam 51.3 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1284). - Salado Red Bowl
Description: Salado Red bowl with a burnished interior. Dimensions: H 4, W 8 3/8 in. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 208). - Gila Polychrome Olla
Description: Large Gila Polychrome olla, partially reconstructed. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 105). - Gila Polychrome Bowl
Description: Gila Polychrome bowl. Dimensions: H 11.7, Diam 25.0 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 929). - Gila Polychrome Bowl, Alternate View
Description: Gila Polychrome bowl. Dimensions: H 11.7, Diam 25.0 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 929). - Gila Polychrome Jar
Description: Gila Polychrome jar. Dimensions: H 21.3, Diam 31.0 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 926). - Overlook Interpretative Panel
The name Wupatki derives from Hopi words that translate literally into "it was cut long," and recalls an event in the histories of the Hopi clans. It is said that people prospered here. In time men began gambling and ignored their crops and prayers for rain. Concerned, their leader severed a ritual object and then went into exile. When he returned the people awoke from their decadence. - Overlook Interpretative Panel
For today's Hopi people, the villages of Wupatki remain among the most important "footprints" of the ancestral clans. It was on this landscape, in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks, that a number of migrating clans met and merged. Significant events, and new traditions and ceremonies resulted. The Zuni and other Puebloan groups (Acoma, Laguna, and Rio Grande) share Wupatki's history as they share a belief in a common origin that begins with their ancestors. Stories of Wupatki also exist among non-Puebloan groups (Havasupai, Yavapai, Hualapai, Southern Paiute, and Navajo) whose ancestors interacted with Puebloan ancestors. The dates for these interactions are unknown. - Room 73, 1930s vs. 2011
Other people have come and gone since the original occupants. During the late 1800s, Basque sheepherders stayed here briefly, enlarging this doorway and occupying the room beyond. Local prospector Ben Doney pothunted Wupatki, amassing an impressive collection of artifacts. Concern over looting at Wupatki led to its protection as a national monument in 1924. Later expansion of the monument included some land historically used since the mid-1800s by Navajo naat' áanii (headman) Peshlakai Etsidi and his descendants. These Diné families grazed sheep here, moving seasonally between numerous camps, leaving behind more than 60 residential sites. Their history is intertwined with that of the monument. They remain intimately tied to the Wupatki landscape.
Rooms on this end of the pueblo were excavated and reconstructed to serve as an office and museum. The National Park Service now has a policy of stabilizing buildings in their existing state. The 1930s reconstructions were removed in 1950.