- Awls
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Bone awls fashioned from animal long bones. Hundreds of similar awls, made largely from the leg bones of pronghorn antelope, were found in Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Harold Colton, Wupatki, 1965
Description: Harold Colton (far right) at Wupatki National Monument in 1965. Date: July 1965. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 24427). - Grant Negative 35
Subject: Shell and bone artifacts, Montezuma Castle National Monument. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Grant Negative 35a
Subject: Shell and bone artifacts, Montezuma Castle National Monument. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Incised Bone
Description: Incised oval shaped bone. Dimensions: 11/16 x 5/16 x 3/32 inches, hole ca. 1/16 in at center, max dia ca. 3/32 in. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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). - Negative 19
Subject: A stone pallet, carved stone and shell, a clay face, and a bone whistle from Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Date: Probably ca. 1929 Collection: WACC: Casa Grande. - Macaw Skull
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) and Hohokam Description: Mesoamerican macaw skull found in Wupatki Pueblo. Perhaps traded through the Hohokam to Northern peoples, live macaws were kept by peoples throughout the Southwest. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Bone Gaming Pieces
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Nalakihu, constructed late A.D. 1100s) Description: Highly polished bone pieces thought to perhaps have been used in gaming. These three pieces were found in Nalakihu Pueblo, located at the base of Citadel Ruin. Dimensions: Rectangular, approx. 3.0 cm wide; circular, approx. 1.5 cm diameter (1.18 x 0.59 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog cards 1 and 2 for the rectangular pieces on the left, or 3 for the circular piece on the right). - Bone Needle Threaded with Yucca
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone sewing needle threaded with twisted yucca fiber; found in a room in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 10.7 (L) x 0.7 (diameter) cm (4.21 x 0.28 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Close View of Bone Sewing Needle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). Description: Close-up view of the bone sewing needle and yucca thread shown in the previous slide. Note the scratches in the eye of the needle from the drill used to bore the hole and the abrasions along the bottom margin of the needle resulting from smoothing/shaping of the bone. - Carved Bone Gaming Piece
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: A possible bone gaming piece carving with an interlocking pattern similar to Black Mesa ceramic decorations. Found in a room at Wupatki Pueblo, it is also possible that the bone was used as a weaving batten or perhaps worn as an adornment Dimensions: 7.7(L) x 1.95(W) x 0.32(T)cm (3.03 x 0.77 x 0.13in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Bone Awl or Hairpin
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone awl or hairpin carved at one end. The carving could be a feather, an arrow point, or the rattle of a rattlesnake. Although not broken, this piece was found in the trash of Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 9.6 cm long (3.78 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Bone Awl or Hairpin
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Bone awl or hairpin carved into an animal hoof at one end; found in a room in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 22.2 cm long (8.74 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).