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- Stone Cheek or Lip Plug
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Stone cheek or nose plug described as being of a later style; found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 1.7 cm wide x 0.9 cm thick; (0.67 in wide x 0.36 in thick). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Rimfire Cartridge
Cultural Period: Historic Anglo (1860s-1870s) Description: Complete misfired Sharps rifle rim-fire cartridge (.50-70). Provenience: 100-300 feet east and south of the old Ranger Cabin north of the present-day headquarters of El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Curved Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Curved bone splinter awl with a rounded head and broken tip. Dimensions: L 10.3, W 1.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Copper Cartridge Case
Cultural Period: Historic (1860s – 1920s) Description: Spencer 56-50 copper cartridge case. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Eden Point
Description: Light brown-tan chert Eden point with a snap break near the basal end and serrations along the edges. Dimensions: 5.19 x 2.06 x 0.54 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Tularosa Corner-notched Point
Description: Tularosa Corner-notched projectile point. Dimensions: 3.1 x 2.3 cm; 3.7 grams. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Full-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove maul with flat poll and rounded head. An organic substance remains adherent to one side of the maul. Dimensions: L 7.5, W 6.0, T 4.4 CM; average groove W 1.8, D 0.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-N, FLOOR, SE CORNER. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Nearby Homes
The extent of this community is not obvious, but hundreds of small family dwellings surround us forming a cluster. Another cluster exists on the uplands to the west (where you may visit Citadel and Lomaki Pueblos). We don't know if the Wupatki and Citadel communities were autonomous, cooperatives, or competitors. From this point, you can see two other nearby homes. These sites are not open to visitation.
"We found... all the prominent points occupied by the ruins of stone houses of considerable size... They are evidently the remains of a large town, as they occurred at intervals for an extent of eight or nine miles and the ground was thickly strewed with pottery in all directions." -Journal entry, Sitgreaves Expedition, October 8, 1851 - Pithouse Shelter, 1959
Subject: Pithouse shelter under construction, Montezuma Well. Date: December, 1959 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Agave Knife Meant to be Hafted
Description: Agave knife with a curved blade exhibiting use polish. The narrow point of the stone would have been used in hafting the tool. Dimensions: 4 x 2 3/4 x 7/16 inches. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Cienega Stemmed Point
Description: Cienega Stemmed point made on Kaibab Chert. The point is finely serrated and has a slightly flared stem and deep corner notches. Dimensions: 3.55 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Tusayan Corrugated Pitcher
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Miniature Tusayan Corrugated pitcher or mug with a handle formed of four fillets. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 352). - Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Broken red stone pendant with beveled edges. Dimensions: 1 L x 1 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 198). - Jeddito Black-on-Orange Bowl, Interior Detail
Description: Jeddito Black-on-Orange bowl of the slipped variety. The bowl was mended several times prehistorically and retains four mend holes. Dimensions: Height 11.1 cm, Diameter 26.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Western Basketmaker II Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Contemporaneous with Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Corner- to side-notched projectile point with a missing tang; made on a fine grained red chert with retouch. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, as a Western Basketmaker II point. Provenience: LA 430 (North Ruin, also called North Atsinna), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.