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Western Basketmaker II Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: This projectile point is deeply corner to side-notched and is missing the tip; made from a tan, white, and gray mottled chert. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, as possibly Western Basketmaker II. Dimensions: L 4.5, W 2.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-N, Lower fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.
Western Basketmaker II Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Contemporaneous with Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Corner- to side-notched projectile point with a missing tang; made on a fine grained red chert with retouch. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, as a Western Basketmaker II point. Provenience: LA 430 (North Ruin, also called North Atsinna), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.