- Bone Chisel or Scraper
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Long bone with a beveled end; used as a scraping or chiseling tool; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 12.4, W 1.5, T 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - "Squeezed" Clay
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Crudely shaped, unevenly squeezed clay/ceramic object with one end twisted off and the other slightly tapered with a small central hole. Dimensions: L 4.8, DIAM 1.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse mound, Test 2, fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cut Long Bone Head, Turkey(?)
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Long bone head (possibly turkey), scored and cut to remove the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Found along with another worked bone with the same description. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 5, FILL AGAINST W WALL, 1 M BELOW SURFACE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Worked Kwanina Polychrome Bowl Sherds
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Reconstructed worked (ground) Kwakina Polychrome bowl (8 sherds). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, notes the parrot design elements on the sherds. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 6, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Beveled Splinter Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished splinter awl with a beveled end. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 2, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Half-split Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Half-split bone awl from Atsinna Pueblo. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Test 1, 36-38.75 M, Level 150-200 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Kwakina/Hesholauthla Polychrome Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Restored Kwakina Polychrome (variant) bowl with a black-on-tan rim band and black- and white-on-tan exterior design (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says she would call it Heshothauthla, but more of a unit design. According to Greg Schachner, Asst. Professor at UCLA, the characteristic of not getting a good strong orange is common in the El Morro valley. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 7, Floor fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Two Awls from Room 4
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Unpolished splinter awl with a rounded end, a slight curve, and a weathered tip (front), and a well-polished awl fashioned from a metapodial (back). Dimensions: L 11.9, W 0.9, T 0.6 CM (front); L 8.9, W 1.5, T 1.1 CM (back). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, Upper fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Projectile Point with Missing Base
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Medial fragment of a possible projectile point with irregular notching along both margins; made on a tan and white mottled chert. The basal portion is missing. According to Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, the point is morphologically similar to San Pedro or San Jose points. Dimensions: L 4.6, W 2.2, T 0.6 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Room 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Maul Made from a Mano, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Rectangular full-groove vesicular basalt maul with surface sheen suggesting the maul was manufactured from an expended mano. Dimensions: L 11.0, W 10.5, T 5.9 CM; groove average W 2.0, D 0.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 5, ON FLOOR AGAINST W WALL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Unwinding Spiral
Description: Unwinding spiral near Atsinna Pueblo. Date: June 9, 2010 - Circular Worked Sherd, Exterior
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Circular worked sherd with glaze black-on-red interior and white-on-red exterior. Dimensions: DIAM 3.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 1, Fill, 0-100 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Bone Awl from Room 20
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bone awl. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 20, Floor & 1 Foot above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Shield
Description: Shield in Nine Pine Cove. Date: June 9, 2010 - Split Long Bone Awl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Split mammal long bone awl worked at the tip end and polished overall. Dirt remains adherent. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, Floor fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.