- New Roof
Description: Crew reconstructing roof at Wupatki Pueblo, 1933-34. They are attempting to use native materials that would match the original materials used in construction of the pueblo in the 12th or 13th centuries AD. In the 1930s, the Museum of Northern Arizona reconstructed the newly-excavated Wupatki Pueblo by rebuilding walls to their presumed original heights and adding roofs to the rooms. For a while in the 1930s and 1940s, a few of the rooms served as the residence for the Wupatki NPS ranger and his wife. The practice of rebuilding pueblos was discontinued in the 1950s, and the reconstructed portions of walls and roofs were removed. The condition of Wupatki today is similar to how it appeared when first excavated in the 1930s and again in the 1950s. Date: 1930s. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 20074). - ownership
- Paint Palette
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Stone palette shaped by chipping and grinding sandstone to form a rectangular shape in which three cupules are spaced equally. Each cupule still bears the remnants of minerals ground for paint pigment at Wupatki Pueblo. The yellow, orange, and brown pigments are derived from iron-rich minerals such as limonite, ochre, and perhaps hematite. Dimensions: 23.0L x 11.7W x 3.7T cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - ranching
- Basalt Pottery Anvil
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Basalt pottery anvil used as an aid in shaping ceramic vessels. Provenience unknown. Dimensions: 6 cm (H) x 8.5 cm (W) (2.36 x 3.35 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Test Trenches
Description: Test trenches through the ballcourt at Wupatki Pueblo. Date: 1960s. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 24362). - Wukoki
Location: Wukoki Pueblo, Wupatki National Monument. Description: Wukoki on a hot summer day. - Yucca Sandals
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Turkey House, constructed A.D. 980, and Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Woven yucca sandals. The sandal on the left is from Turkey House in Tsegi Canyon, Navajo National Monument, and the one on the right is from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Left, 17.0 (L) x 8.5 (W) cm; Right, 23.0 (L) x 11.0 (W) cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Prehistoric Corn, Beans, and Squash
Description: 800-year-old agricultural foods from Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Prehistoric Corn Cobs
Description: 800-year-old corn cobs from Wupatki Pueblo. Prehistoric corn was quite a bit smaller than most modern varieties, but capable of successful growth in the harsh Southwest environment. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Ceramic Figurine
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Painted ceramic quadruped from a pottery vessel found in Wupatki Pueblo. Design is possibly Tularosa Black-on-white. Dimensions: 3.9 cm (H) x 2.1 cm (W) x 1.8 cm (T). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Clovis Point
Cultural Period: Paleoindian (Clovis ≈ 13,000 BP) Description: Clovis fluted projectile point found northeast of West Mesa and east of the Citadel Sink in Wupatki National Monument, Arizona. According to the results of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) testing, the point was made from Black Tank obsidian, the source of which is located more than 50 miles from Wupatki National Monument. Dimensions: 55.4 mm (L) x 27.8 mm (max. W) x 8.8 (max. T). Base width is 25.2 mm (9.2 in) with a basal concavity depth of 4.3 mm. (1.7 in) Both lateral margins are ground. ( 21.8 x 10.9 x 3.5 in ). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). Additional Information: Christian E. Downum (1993) Evidence of a Clovis Presence at Wupatki National Monument. Kiva 58(4):487-494. - Summer Monsoon, Wukoki
Location: Wukoki Pueblo, Wupatki National Monument. Description: The landscape surrounding Wukoki during summer monsoons. - Plainview Point
Culture: Paleoindian (Plainview ≈ 13,000 - 10,000 BP) Description: Plainview projectile point base from Wupatki Pueblo, Wupatki National Monument. The material is an unsourced brown chert. The basal thinning on this point is reminiscent of Clovis fluting, leading some researchers to classify this point as a Clovis fluted point rather than a Plainview. Dimensions: 5.2 cm (L) x 2.5 cm (W) x 0.30 cm (T) (2.0 x .98 x .12 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Cross-Section of the Ballcourt Wall
Description: View looking north across cross-section trench through west wall (berm) of Wupatki Ballcourt. Clearly visible are the layers used in constructing the ballcourt walls. Black cinders, undoubtedly from the Sunset Crater eruption, form the core of the wall. A mixture of earth and sandstone slabs have been applied over and around the cinders to stabilize the berm. The interior of the court was finished with a veneer of carefully-laid sandstone slabs interspersed with occasional basalt boulders. Date: ca. 1965. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 24237).