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- 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. - 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. - Rib Bone "Chisels"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rib bone chisels from Atsinna Pueblo. One end of each is slightly beveled. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 10-50 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Red-breasted Merganser Humerus
Description: The complete left humerus of a red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator), a bird quite rare in Arizona today. Dimensions: L 8.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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. - 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. - Polished Bone Tube
Description: Polished bone tube, made from the bone of large Swainson or small red-tail hawk, and likely intended for use as a whistle. Dimensions: L 4.5, W 0.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Polished Bird Bone Whistle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bird bone whistle shaft, cut at both ends, with a single hole in the middle of the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 5.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 9, UPPER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Polished Antler Awl
Description: Highly polished awl made from antler. Dimensions: L 20.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Polished Bone Awl
Description: Well polished split bone awl. Dimensions: L 12.1 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Needle
Description: Needle or slender bone awl, perforated at one end, and made from the leg bone of a rabbit. Dimensions: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 217). - Mule Deer Bone
Description: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) bone. Dimensions: L 8.95 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mammal Bone Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Large mammal bone splinter awl with a slightly concave head and broken tip. Dimensions: L 6.1, W 1.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. 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. - Mammal Bone Awl from the Refuse Mound
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mammal bone awl with a modified head. Dimensions: L 8.4, W 1.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 3, 0-10 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.