- Notched Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Notched, flaked, and polished axe. Dimensions: L 14.1, W 7.5, T 3.0 CM; existing notch W 2.0, D 1.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Awl from Room 20
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Weathered Aves (turkey?) tarsometatarsus bone awl (Catalog No. ELMO 1577). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Notched Axe, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Notched, flaked, and polished axe. Dimensions: L 14.1, W 7.5, T 3.0 CM; existing notch W 2.0, D 1.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Long Tipped Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Long tipped split mammal bone awl from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 9.1, W 1.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 16, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Worked Heshotauthla Polychrome Sherd, Interior
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Worked Heshotauthla Polychrome bowl sherd; ground along all edges. Dimensions: L 9.3, W 6.0, T 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 10, floor. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Greenstone Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Extremely well-used full-groove greenstone maul with an elliptical cross section and battered ends. Dimensions: L 6.6. W 5.7, T 3.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bird Bone Whistle Shaft
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bird bone whistle shaft, cut at both ends, with a single hole in the middle of the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 2.7, DIAM 0.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1, 0-100 (CM?), FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Worked St John's Polychrome Sherd, Exterior
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Roughly circular St Johns Polychrome sherd with ground edge. Dimensions: T 0.6, DIAM 2.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 11. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bronze Camel Bells
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (1848 – 1950) Description: Set of eight graduated bronze camel bells from the mid-1800s. Each bell is embossed with a variety of animals and engraved. In 1857, the Army experimented with camels for desert transportation, passing along the El Morro route. Learn more on the NPS webpage The U.S. Army Camel Corps (link opens in new window). Provenience: The bells were acquired by a member of the American Consulate in Isfahan, Iraq, in 1964, from a small local curio shop for the price of $10. A similar set was purchased at the same price for the collection at Fort Davis. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Blunt Tipped Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Bone splinter awl with a blunt tip. Dimensions: L 5.4, DIAM 0.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Painted Circle
Description: Painted circle, Nine Pine Cove. Date: June 9, 2010 - Bow and Arrows
Cultural Period: Puebloan Description: Sinew wrapped bow and arrows. The bow is strung with sinew, and reinforced with the same material, but a crack runs crosswise through the center of the arch. Both arrows have sinew-bound feather fletching and stone points and painted red nock ends. The three-feathered arrow is known to be a replica, and it is likely the other is as well. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Heshotauthla/Pinedale Polychrome
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Pinedale Polychrome bowl with a black-on-red interior and black- and white-on-red exterior (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says this is Pinedale-style, but locally made. She says she would need to see the exterior, whether the exterior designs are units or bands (a photo of the exterior was not available at the time Dr. Mills was consulted). According to Dr. Mills, it could be Pinedale Polychrome, although it’s unusual; it’s probably another Heshotauthla. Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology, identified this bowl as Heshotauthla Polychrome, a type unique to the greater Zuni region, including the El Morro Valley. Dimensions: H 12.0, DIAM 29.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 2, Lower Fill (3 sherds from upper fill). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Crescent Moon
Description: Crescent moon, Nine Pine Cove. Date: June 9, 2010 - Stone Ornament
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular stone ornament drilled with a single hole in each corner; from Atsinna Pueblo. The stone appears to be gypsum (selenite). Dimensions: L 5.2, W 2.7, T 0.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 20, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.