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- Mallory Side-notched
Mallory Side-notched point from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. - Rose Spring Projectile Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: Rose Spring projectile point, orange/buff chert, with one broken notch (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 13440). - Rosegate Series Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: Rosespring Series projectile point from the Kaibab Plateau; made on black and gray mottled chert (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 14476). - Eastgate Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: Pink chert Eastgate projectile point (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 14483). - Serrated Gypsum Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: Serrated Gypsum point made on black and gray chert (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15277). - Cottonwood/Bullcreek Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: Cottonwood or Bull Creek projectile point from Tusayan Ruin (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15432). - Elko Series Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: Chert Elko Series projectile point (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15753). - Bull Creek Point
View with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Description: White chalcedony Bull Creek projectile point (left: original; right: enhanced with RTI). Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 21260). - Obsidian Point
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Sinagua fashion. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Cohonina Points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Cohonina Description: Black point: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Cohonina style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point: Cohonina-style chalcedony projectile point or drill from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (black) 1.2L x 0.4W x 0.1T cm (0.47 x 0.16 x 0.04 in); (opaque) 45.0L x 9.0W x 2.0T mm (1.77 x 0.35 x 0.08 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Sinagua points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Black point on the left: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Sinagua fashion. This point was found across the wash from Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point on the right: Side-notched chert projectile point manufactured in a Sinagua style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (black): 2.7L x 1.5W cm (1.06 x 0.59 in); (opaque): 1.3L x 0.6W cm (0.51 x 0.024 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Kayenta Points
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Kayenta Description: Left: Basally notched projectile point manufactured on chert in the Kayenta style. This point was found on a mesita west of Crack-in-Rock Road. Right: Kayenta-style projectile point manufactured on brown chert and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: (left) 3.6L x 1.6W x 0.31T cm (1.42 x 0.63 x 0.12 in); (right)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 ("http://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/docs/Wupatki/WUPA5263.pdf" >catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Clovis Point
Description: Chert (possibly Tolchaco Chert) Clovis point. The point is fluted on only the one side and ground along both margins and on the base. Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Tolchaco Chert Clovis Point
Description: Tolchaco chert Clovis projectile point base. Lanceolate in shape and fluted on only one side, this point was thinned by percussion and pressure flaking, followed by grinding on the edges of the base and the lower 1/3 of the sides. The image on the left is of the original projectile point material. The image on the right is of the same point "smoked" with ammonium chloride to intensify the flake scars. Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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.