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Argillite is a clay-rich sedimentary rock (mudstone) that is relatively soft and therefore easily carved.
- Argillite Spindle Whorl
Description: Argillite spindle whorl. Dimensions: L 4.0, W 4.0, T 0.4 mm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4741). - Incised Argillite Paint Mortar
Description: Argillite paint mortar with 27 vertical exterior grooves (each 2 mm wide by 2 mm deep). A black substance adheres to the interior of the mortar, which was at one time well polished all around. A large piece of the base has broken and been mended. Dimensions: Diam. 7.2 x Base 5.5 x Depth 1.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Raw Argillite
Description: Raw argillite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Raw Argillite
Description: Raw argillite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Effigy
Description: Animal effigy carved from argillite. Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pipe
Description: Broken tubular argillite pipe. Dimensions: L 6.4, diam 1.3, and 2.3, inner diam 2.2 and 1.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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). - Argillite or Hematite Pendant
Description: Flat rectangular argillite or hematite pendant drilled for suspension. Dimensions: 2.8 x 2 x 0.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pendant
Description: Argillite pendant. Dimensions: 0.9 x 2.6 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pendant
Description: Argillite pendant. Dimensions: 1.7 x 1.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pendant
Description: Argillite pendant. Dimensions: 2 x 1.6 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pendant
Description: Argillite pendant. Dimensions: 2.22 x 3.81 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pendant
Description: Drilled argillite pendant. Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Incised Argillite Pendant
Description: Incised argillite pendant. Dimensions: 3.9 x 0.9 x diam 0.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Carved Argillite Pendant
Description: Carved argillite pendant. Dimensions: 3.2 x 0.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).