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- Small Ground Stone Cylinder
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Small ground stone cylinder with flat ends and faceted sides. Dimensions: L 1.8, DIAM 1.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Small Axe or Chisel
Description: Small toy axe, or possible chisel, made from argillaceous limestone and notched on the sides. Dimensions: 7 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Small 3/4-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Small 3/4-groove maul, well-worn on both use ends. Dimensions: L 5.0, W 3.9, T 4.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 2, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Slate Spindle Whorl
Description: Slate spindle whorl. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 37). - Shaped Grooved Abrader, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Shaped abrading stone with two working surfaces. One surface has a transverse groove with a rounded bottom and red pigment stains. The other surface has two v-shaped longitudinal grooves remaining, and broken on a third. A fourth thin and relatively shallow groove crosses the others perpendicularly. Dimensions: L 13.3, W 8.4, T 3.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shaped Grooved Abrader
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Shaped abrading stone with two working surfaces. One surface has a transverse groove with a rounded bottom and red pigment stains. The other surface has two v-shaped longitudinal grooves remaining, and broken on a third. A fourth thin and relatively shallow groove crosses the others perpendicularly. Dimensions: L 13.3, W 8.4, T 3.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shallow Trough Metate
Description: Shallow trough metate and an unifacial mano, both made from vesicular basalt. Dimensions: 50.8 x 29.2 x 21.7 cm (metate; outer); 46.2 x 20.3 x 3.5 cm (metate; inner); 18.4 x 8.3 x 3.2 cm (mano). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - metate, catalog card - mano). - Shallow Trough Metate
Description: Vesicular basalt metate with a shallow trough. Dimensions: 48.4 x 24.2 x 17.2 cm (outer), 48.4 x 18.4 x 5.1 cm (inner). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Shaft Straighteners
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Three shaft straighteners with wide, deep, rounded straight grooves. Two are recycled vesicular basalt mano fragments (back and front right). The other (front left) is smoothed and polished. Dimensions: L 4.5, W 4.4, T 3.5 (front left); L 5.8, W 5.8, T 3.0 CM (back); L 6.0, W 8.2, T 2.1 CM (front right). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), REFUSE MOUND, TEST 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shaft Straightener/ Abrader, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Shaft straightener/abrader. The round surface bears a wide deep groove. The other surface is ground flat and has scratches and a thin bent groove. Dimensions: L 5.8, W 5.3, T 2.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 45-50 M, 10-50 CM LEVEL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shaft Straightener/ Abrader
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Shaft straightener/abrader. The round surface bears a wide deep groove. The other surface is ground flat and has scratches and a thin bent groove. Dimensions: L 5.8, W 5.3, T 2.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 45-50 M, 10-50 CM LEVEL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shaft Straightener, Alternate View
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with two deep parallel grooves and a series of shallow perpendicular grooves. Dimensions: L 4.3, W 3.3, H 2.8 cm; W 50 g Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 16, Unit 13, 67 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4862). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Shaft straightener with five vertical grooves and incising. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 180). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with two deep parallel grooves and a series of shallow perpendicular grooves. Dimensions: L 4.3, W 3.3, H 2.8 cm; W 50 g Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 16, Unit 13, 67 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4862). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Shaft straightener with two grooves and incising. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4551).