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- Rib Bone Scraper
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Deer rib section used as a scraper. One end angle is cut for 4.5 cm, the tip is broken, and the rib cracked (the cotton string serves to hold the bone together). Fine striae are present perpendicular to the edge. Dimensions: L 7.0, W 2.3 CM Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 34.65-38.25 M, 50-100 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rough Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rough, perhaps unfinished, bone splinter awl with a blunt point. Dimensions: L 4.9, DIAM 0.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Six Awls from Room 7
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Six awls from Atsinna Pueblo. Back Row: Polished splinter awl with a beveled head (left); a flat splinter awl with a rounded butt and missing tip (center); and an awl fashioned from an ulna (possibly Lynx rufus) with a modified head and missing tip. Center Row: Aves (possibly turkey) distal tibiotarsus bone awl with a broken tip and a chisel-like end (left), and an awl fashioned from a metapodial (right). Front: A small splinter awl. Dimensions: Back row: L 11.5, W 0.9, T 0.5 CM (left); L 13.2, W 0.9, T 0.6 CM (center); L 9.6, W 1.6, T 0.8 CM (right); Center Row: L 10.5, W 1.3, T 0.4 CM (left); L 5.2, W 1.3, T 1.0 CM (right); Front: L 7.9, W 0.7, T 0.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 7, Lower fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Spatula Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished white spatula awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2, backfill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Splinter Awl
Description: Splinter awl with a sharp point and polish from use. Dimensions: 11.7 cm long, 1.3 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl
Description: Awl made on a bone splinter. Dimensions: L 10.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl
Description: Bone splinter awl. Dimensions: L 6.35 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl
Description: Bone splinter awl. Dimensions: L 12.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Splinter Awl from Room 8
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Splinter awl with a ground and polished end and broken tip. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, Floor, SE Corner. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Bone Awl
Description: Split bone awl. Dimensions: L 4 1/2, Max Diam 1/2 in. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1545). - Split Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Split bone awl with a flat head and broken tip. Dimensions: L 10.8, W 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Long Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Split mammal long bone awl worked at the tip end and polished overall. Dirt remains adherent. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Floor fill. 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. - Square Bone Pin Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Squared bone pin fashioned from a large bone splint. Well-polished, but with a broken tip; from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 38.25-40.00 M, 100-150 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Tarsometatarsus of an American Coot
Description: Right tarsometatarsus of an American Coot (Fulica americana). Dimensions: L 5.52 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center ( catalog card).