- Irregular Turquoise Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Irregularly-shaped perforated turquoise bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Argillite Stone Bead
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Red-orange (argillite) perforated stone bead. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Acoma Jar, Neck and Shoulder Detail
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Acoma jar with a black-on-white exterior and red around the base. The designs are faded, and the pot has been restored. Provenience: Originally purchased from a private collection by Stephen T. Mather and later donated to the National Park Service. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Acoma Jar
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Acoma jar with a black-on-white exterior and red around the base. The designs are faded, and the pot has been restored. Provenience: Originally purchased from a private collection by Stephen T. Mather and later donated to the National Park Service. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Acoma Jar, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Acoma jar with a black-on-white exterior and red around the base. The designs are faded, and the pot has been restored. Provenience: Originally purchased from a private collection by Stephen T. Mather and later donated to the National Park Service. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. Note: The catalog number displayed is incorrect; this pot is ELMO-285. - Prehistoric Corn Cobs
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Twenty-one prehistoric corn cob fragments and two corn kernels discovered in the El Morro collection and cataloged in 1984. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Redware Sherd
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, North Atsinna (contemporaneous with Atsinna Pueblo, A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Redware sherd. Provenience: LA 430 (North Ruin, also called North Atsinna). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4- or 7/8-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: 3/4- or 7/8-groove maul. Provenience: El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Grooved Greenstone Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Grooved greenstone axe with a broken bit. Provenience: El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Iron Object, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic Spanish (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Conical iron object deeply pitted by rust and heavy for its size. Speculated to be of Spanish origin and possibly any of the following: • A lance-head • A guide-on (flag standard tip) • An ox-goad • A shepherd’s crook. Provenience: 100-300 feet east and south of the old Ranger Cabin north of the present-day headquarters of El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Iron Object
Cultural Period: Historic Spanish (late 1500s – 1846) Description: Conical iron object deeply pitted by rust and heavy for its size. Speculated to be of Spanish origin and possibly any of the following: • A lance-head • A guide-on (flag standard tip) • An ox-goad • A shepherd’s crook. Provenience: 100-300 feet east and south of the old Ranger Cabin north of the present-day headquarters of El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Split bone awl with a flat head and broken tip. Dimensions: L 10.8, W 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Split Mammal Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well polished split mammal bone awl with a flat head and fine point. Dimensions: L 7.0, W 1.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 15, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Rimfire Cartridge
Cultural Period: Historic Anglo (1860s-1870s) Description: Complete misfired Sharps rifle rim-fire cartridge (.50-70). Provenience: 100-300 feet east and south of the old Ranger Cabin north of the present-day headquarters of El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shell Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Elongate shell (Glycimeris?) pendant with a drilled hole at the top. Dimensions: L 4.0, T .3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.