- Working Together
- Kayenta Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Kayenta-style projectile point made from brown chert and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 3.3L x 1.8W x 0.4T cm (1.3 x 0.71 x 0.16 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - 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). - Lessons
- Survey in the 1930s
Description: Charlie R. Steen and Robert S. Harris from the Museum of Northern Arizona, conducting archaeological survey in the vicinity of Nalakihu and Citadel pueblos. Date: Spring 1934. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 19729). - Completely Stabilized Ballcourt in May of 1966
Description: The Wupatki ballcourt after excavation and stabilization. Date: May, 1966. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 24408). - Faces of the Past Clay Series
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta/Sinagua Description: Left to right - pinched-nose figurine, Alameda Brown Ware pinched-nose figurine, painted Flagstaff Black-on-white figurine or handle fragment, pinched-nose figurine, painted and inlaid/incised Tusayan Black-on-white ladle handle, and modeled figurine or handle fragment. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - 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). - What was the climate like
- Windows Past
- Summer Monsoon, Citadel Ruin
Location: Citadel, Wupatki National Monument. Description: Isolated summer monsoon just north of the San Francisco Peaks, as viewed from Citadel Ruin. - Limestone Nose Plug
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Limestone nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 3.7 cm (H) x 2.2 cm (W) x 1.7 cm (T). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Ceramic Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Black-on-white spindle whorl from the trash between rooms in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 1.96 cm wide x 0.2 cm thick. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - The Blowhole Interpretative Panel
This blowhole – a crevice in the earth’s crust that appears to breathe – is one of several found in the Wupatki area. It connects to an underground passage – size, depth, and complexity unknown – called an earthcrack. Earthcracks resulted from earthquake activity in the Kaibab Limestone bedrock and have enlarged over time. Archaeologists have yet to uncover any evidence of prehistoric structures or uses at the blowhole. Its connection to the Wupatki Pueblo remains a mystery. Today, the Hopi descendants of these early people, refer to the blowhole as the breath of “Yaapontsa,” the wind spirit. They and other American Indians attach a spiritual significance to these features. - Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: (left)weft wrap, open-weave cotton cloth recovered from the Wupatki Pueblo trash midden; (right) plain-weave cotton cloth dyed red. The North Country is too cold for cotton to grow, so the cloth, or the cotton from which it was woven, was likely traded to the Sinagua by their southern neighbors, the Hohokam. Dimensions: (left) 8 cm x 4.5 cm x 0.1 cm; (right) 14.0 cm x 12.5 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2).