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- Patterned Yucca Basket Fragments
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Patterned basket fragments woven from yucca and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Full-grooved Basalt Axe Head
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Basalt axe head with a full groove for hafting found on the surface at Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 7.95 (H) x 4.95 (W) x 3.95 (T) cm 3.13 x 1.95 x 1.56 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Arrow Shaft Straightener
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Sandstone slab with a single groove thought to have been used for straightening arrow shafts; from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 10.8 (L) x 10.5 (W) x 3.1 (T) cm; groove 3-4 mm deep (4.25 x 4.13 x 1.22 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Self-threaded Yucca Needle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Self-threaded yucca needle from Wupatki Pueblo. Self-threaded needles were made by leaving the sharp point of the yucca leaf attached to the processed fibers from the larger, fleshier part of the leaf below. Dimensions: 4.0 cm (L) x 0.2 cm (W) (1.57 x 0.08 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Fire Stick Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: A fragment of a wooden fire drill found in the trash of Wupatki Pueblo. The stick would have been used in tandem with the hearth board in the next slide to create heat from friction that would in turn light tinder to start a fire. Dimensions: 6.0 (L) x 1.8 (diameter) cm (2.36 x 0.71 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Coiled Rods from Baskets
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Coiled rods from baskets. Proveniences unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - 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. - 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). - Yucca Cordage
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Two-strand yucca cordage found in the vicinity of Wupatki National Monument. Dimensions: 29.0 (L) x 0.3 (diameter) cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Clay with Basket Imprint
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Clay bearing basket impressions, found in a room in Wupatki Pueblo. The clay may have been collected in the basket for future use in ceramic manufacture. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Natural Cup-shaped Concretions
Description: Naturally formed concretions found at Wupatki Pueblo and used for grinding pigments. Dimensions: (left) 0.7H x 1.5diam cm (0.28 x 0.59 in); (right) 3.3H x 1.7W cm (1.3 x 0.67 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - 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). - Hearth Board
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: This hearth board from Wupatki Pueblo would have served as the base of a fire making kit that using heat from friction (such as that created by a bow drill) to light tinder. Dimensions: 9.1 cm long (3.58 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Shell Necklace
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: 34 disk-shaped beads, 1 rectangular bead, and 7 triangular beads, all Spondylus shell species, restrung with an Olivella shell bead; from Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Turquoise and Shell Necklace
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Shell and turquoise necklace from Wupatki Pueblo, restrung on brown thread. The necklace includes 48 shell beads, including the Conus sp. pendant, and 15 turquoise beads. Dimensions: Approximately 15 cm long. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).