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- ELMO00001175
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: The catalog lists only three artifacts associated with this catalog number, including a metapodial awl with a modified head on which the spongy tissue is exposed, polish, and a dull point (back); a metapodial awl with slight polish, an unmodified head, a curved outline, and a missing tip (back-center); and a splinter awl manufactured from a bird bone with a broken head and slight polish (front). The brown awl tip pictured front-center is not described in the catalog. Dimensions: L 8.2, W 1.7, T 1.9 CM (back); L 6.8, W 0.6, T 0.3 CM (back-center); L 5.4, W 1.3, T 0.9 CM (front). No dimensions are available for the brown awl tip pictured front-center. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11 (Kiva A), Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 11
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: A bone (metapodial) awl with a modified head, a well-polished shaft, and broken tip. Dimensions: L 7.0, W 0.9, T 0.5 CM Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11 (Kiva A), Floor, near bench. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 20, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. 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. - Bone Awl from Room 17
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 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. - Ulna Awls from Room 8
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Two ulna awls from Atsinna Pueblo. One has a modified head and polish, and the other an unmodified head, slight shaft modification, and some polish. Dimensions: L 18.2, W 3.5, T 1.8 CM (unknown which awl these dimensions refer to; however, both are similar in size). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Four Awls from Room 10
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: The catalog lists only three awls with this catalog number, including one polished rabbit (?) long bone awl, one metapodial awl with a modified squared off and rounded head, and one polished splinter awl with a v-cut in the end. The ulnar awl in the back of the image is not listed in association with Catalog No. ELMO 1165. An ulnar awl is described for Catalog No. ELMO 1166, but not pictured. Therefore, it may be safe to assume that the ulnar awl pictured here is from ELMO 1166, where it is described in the catalog as an unworked deer ulna with a broken tip. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Upper fill (Floor fill for the deer ulna, if this artifact is from ELMO 1166 rather than ELMO 1165). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Four Awls from Room 8
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Four awls from Room 8 of Atsinna Pueblo, including a large awl fashioned from a metapodial with a trimmed head, polish along the shaft, and a broken tip (front); a well-polished ans smoothed metapodial awl with a modified head and broken tip (front-center); a bird bone (turkey?) awl with an abraded head, polished shaft, and broken tip (back-center); and a broken splinter awl with a slight bevel at one end and a broken tip (back). Dimensions: L 23.3, W 1.7, T 1.3 CM (front); L 10.9, W 1.2, T 0.7 CM (front-center); L 8.7 W 2.3, T 1.6 CM (back-center); L 4.9, W 0.7, T 0.5 CM (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, Lower fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Weathered Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Weathered mammal bone awl. Dimensions: L 8.7, W 1.7, T 1.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 3, 30-40 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Awl from Room 10
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Awl fashioned from the tarsometarsus of a bird (turkey?). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Beveled Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished splinter awl with a beveled end. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 2, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Two Awls from Room 4
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unpolished splinter awl with a rounded end, a slight curve, and a weathered tip (front), and a well-polished awl fashioned from a metapodial (back). Dimensions: L 11.9, W 0.9, T 0.6 CM (front); L 8.9, W 1.5, T 1.1 CM (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Half-split Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Half-split bone awl from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Test 1, 36-38.75 M, Level 150-200 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 20
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.