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- Bird Bone Tube
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smoothed bird bone tube with one end cut flat; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 6.2, DIAM 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Tube
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smoothed bone tube with cut but not ground ends; from Atsinna Pueblo; cutting marks evident at both ends. Dimensions: L 3.7, DIAM 1.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Tubular Bone Bead/Whistle Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Tubular bone bead or whistle fragment with a hole drilled into the side near one end; from Atsinna Pueblo; cut marks also evident at end. Dimensions: L 1.8, DIAM 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FLOOR & 1 FOOT ABOVE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bird (turkey?) bone bead with a hollow, slightly tapering tube and oval cross-section; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 2.8, W 2.0, T 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 11. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well-polished bird bone bead from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 2.1, W 0.8, T 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 11, Floor, Near Bench. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Canine Tooth Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Canine tooth pendant drilled biconically through the root and polished; from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Drilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Worked flat bone from Atsinna Pueblo; sub-rectangular with rounded ends, well-polished, and with a hole drilled near the center. Dimensions: L 7.2, W 4.3, T 0.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-S, ON FLOOR BESIDE W END OF SOUTH BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Drilled Bone Sub-rectangular Disk, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Worked flat bone from Atsinna Pueblo; sub-rectangular with rounded ends, well-polished, and with a hole drilled near the center. Dimensions: L 7.2, W 4.3, T 0.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-S, ON FLOOR BESIDE W END OF SOUTH BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Tube
Description: Bone tube. This artifact may have been used as a cigarette holder or as the source for bone beads. Dimensions: Approximately 5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 233). - Incised Bone Tube
Description: Incised bone tube. The bone is the right ulna of a large bird - most likely a goose or swan. Dimensions: L 11.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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).