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Stone Beads
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Beads from the surface of Atsinna Pueblo. Left: Irregularly-shaped bead with a biconical, off-center drilled hole; Right: Cylindrical drilled gypsum (selenite) bead with a slanting conical hole. Dimensions: Left: W 0.6, T 0.3 CM; Right: L 1.4, D 1.0, L 0.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.
Stone Ornament
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular stone ornament drilled with a single hole in each corner; from Atsinna Pueblo. The stone appears to be gypsum (selenite). Dimensions: L 5.2, W 2.7, T 0.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.