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- San Pedro Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Obsidian, corner to side-notched projectile point with convex margins that appear slightly serrated. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology as a San Pedro point, which is an Archaic period point type dating substantially earlier than the occupation of Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 3.3, W 1.9, T 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 18, Near NE corner of the pueblo, at former ground level. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - San Pedro Projectile Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Shallow corner- to side notched projectile point with a straight base, made on a red-tan chert. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, as a San Pedro projectile point. Dimensions: L 3.2, W 1.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Main Plaza, Test 1. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - San Pedro Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Corner-to side-notched projectile point proximal to medial fragment with an expanding base; made from a red and white mottled chert or chalcedony. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, as a San Pedro projectile point. Dimensions: L 5.0, W 4.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Main Plaza, Test 1, 36.00-38.75 M. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - San Pedro Point
Description: San Pedro side-notched projectile point, made from an orangish-pink mottled fossil sponge. The point has an overall red patina but has been reflaked in a few places through the patina, especially on one notch and along the edge of one side. Dimensions: 4.2 x 2.1 x .06 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - San Pedro Point
Description: A corner-notched San Pedro point made on translucent, chalcedony-like petrified wood. This point also has a small basal notch. Dimensions: 6.5 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - San Pedro Point
Description: Side-notched San Pedro point made on Presley Wash Obsidian. Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).