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- Two-handed Mano
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Large, thin vesicular basalt two-handed mano. Dimensions: L 33.0, W 11.4, T 3.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Stone Mortar
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Circular stone mortar. A matching pestle was found in the upper fill of Room 1. Dimensions: L 14.3, W 13.6, T 3.8 CM; depression is 10 CM DIAM by 2.1 CM DEEP. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, IN FALLEN ROCK 10 CM ABOVE FLOOR, + 1 M FROM BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Pestle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Stone pestle. A matching mortar was found in rock fall in Room 11. Dimensions: L 18.9, W 6.8, T 6.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Mortar and Pestle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Paired mortar and pestle. Dimensions: L 14.3, W 13.6, T 3.8 CM (mortar); L 18.9, W 6.8, T 6.5 CM (pestle). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, Rock fall (mortar); RM 1, Upper fill (pestle). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Large Vesicular Basalt Mano, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Vesicular basalt unifacial mano shaped by pecking. Dimensions: L 29.4, W 10.8, T 3.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), TEST 5, IN ROOMS AT TOP OF WALL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Large Vesicular Basalt Mano
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Vesicular basalt unifacial mano shaped by pecking. Dimensions: L 29.4, W 10.8, T 3.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), TEST 5, IN ROOMS AT TOP OF WALL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Large Unifacial Mano, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Large, unifacial mano with a convex grinding surface. Dimensions: L 26.0, W 11.5, T 2.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Large Unifacial Mano
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Large, unifacial mano with a convex grinding surface. Dimensions: L 26.0, W 11.5, T 2.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Large Sandstone Mano
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Large unifacial sandstone mano. Dimensions: L 29.5, W 13.1, T 2.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Large Mano
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Mano with a triangular cross-section. Dimensions: L 31.0, W 11.5, T 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FLOOR & 1 FOOT ABOVE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Grinding Slab
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Grinding slab with a single use surface. Shaped by flaking, and pecked to rejuvenate the grinding surface. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cooking Slab
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Cooking slab (possible piki stone). Dimensions: L 24.4, W 19.7, T 3.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 6, UPPER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bifacial Oval Mano
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bifacial oval mano. Dimensions: L 12.7, W 9.4, T 4.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.