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- Awls from the Refuse Mound
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Eight awls from the refuse mound at Atsinna Pueblo. Back Row: Deer metapodial awl with a modified head (left); bird or rabbit bone awl (center); split deer metapodial awl (right). Center Row: Bird bone awl (left); bird tarsometatarsus awl missing the tip (center); and a deer metapodial awl (right). Front Row: Splinter awl with a modified head and missing tip (left); and a metapodial awl with a modified head and missing tip (right). Dimensions: Back Row: L 6.3, W 2.1 CM (left); L 7.2, W 1.5 CM (center); L 7.0, W 2.0 CM (right); Center Row: L 5.9, DIAM 0.5 (left); L 7.3, W 2.4 CM (center); L 5.2, W 2.0 CM (right); Front Row: L 9.2, W 1.2 CM (left); L 15.5, W 1.7 CM (right). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Antler Tine Tool
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Antler tine tool from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 1-S, ON S BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Awl and Weaving Tool
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Awl (front) and awl/weaving tool (back) from Atsinna Pueblo. The awl was fashioned from an Aves radius. Both the head and tip are broken, and the shaft is slightly polished. The awl/weaving tool was fashioned from a polished metapodial with a smoothed, dull tip. One surface bears score marks and fine transverse striations. This tool is interpreted as a grooved weaving tool. Dimensions: L 12.0, W 0.6, T 0.6 CM (front); L 14.0, W 1.5, T 1.2 CM (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 7, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Antler Punch
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Antler punch with an unpolished shank, a ground head, and flattened base. Four transverse scores mark the outside end, which is also biconically drilled with a 1 cm diameter hole. Dimensions: L 27.7, W 2.7, T 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Polished Deer Metapodial
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: A polished deer long bone (metapodial) bearing butcher marks at either end; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 22.6, W 3.1, T 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Antler Punch, Scoring Detail
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Antler punch with an unpolished shank, a ground head, and flattened base. Four transverse scores mark the outside end, which is also biconically drilled with a 1 cm diameter hole. Dimensions: L 27.7, W 2.7, T 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Antler Punch, Hole Detail
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Antler punch with an unpolished shank, a ground head, and flattened base. Four transverse scores mark the outside end, which is also biconically drilled with a 1 cm diameter hole. Dimensions: L 27.7, W 2.7, T 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Polished Deer Tibia
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: A polished deer tibia bearing butcher marks on the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 27.3, W 5.6, T 4.9 CM Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-S, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Mammal Bone from Room 8
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mammal bone, including a polished humerus and ulna pair, a second polished ulna with worked areas on the splinter end suggestive of use as a weaving tool, and a cracked, polished humerus. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Mammal Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well polished split mammal bone awl with a flat head and fine point. Dimensions: L 7.0, W 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Fine Tipped Mammal Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Complete fine tipped mammal bone awl from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 10.2, W 1.3, T 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Well-used Mammal Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well-used and worked down mammal bone awl with a sharp beveled tip. Dimensions: L 5.8, DIAM 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Awl, Head Intact
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bird bone awl with a broken beveled tip. Dimensions: L 7.7, DIAM 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Five Awls from Room 10
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: The catalog listed six awls associated with this catalog number, although only five are pictured here. The missing awl is believed to be the ulnar awl pictured in the previous image and described in the catalog as an unworked deer ulna with a broken tip. The other awls associated with this catalog number are described as a slightly curved splinter awl with a rounded end (center), a brown bird bone splinter awl with a missing tip (back-center), a polishing bird long bone awl (front), a splinter awl (front-center), and a polished deer metapodial awl (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Floor fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Broken Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Slender splinter awl from Atsinna Pueblo. A relatively fresh break has removed the tip. Dimensions: L 9.4, W 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 18, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.