- Stone Balls
Description: Game tallies? Kick ball? Sling stone? Club head? Or kiva "thunder" stone, rolled across the floor to imitate thunder? Stone balls had many uses. The ball on the left retains what may be hematite or ocher pigment and measures approximately 6.9 cm in width. The ball on the right measures approximately 4.8 cm wide, and was collected with a mortar, in which the ball fit. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Plain-Weave Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: 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: 14.0 cm x 12.5 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Open-Weave Cotton Cloth
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan and Hohokam Description: Weft wrap, open-weave cotton cloth recovered from the Wupatki Pueblo trash midden. Like the cloth depicted in the previous slide, this piece or at least the cotton from which it was made, likely originated with the Hohokam to the south. Dimensions: 8 cm x 4.5 cm x 0.1 cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Turquoise Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Rectangular turquoise pendant from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 3 cm (H) x 2 cm (W). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Carved Stone Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Carved green stone pendant. Provenience unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Carved Abalone Shell Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Abalone shell carved into a bird pendant. Unfortunately, no provenience information is known for this artifact, so culture, period, and location of origin cannot be established. Dimensions: 4.2 cm long x 1.0 cm wide. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Argillite Nose Plug
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Red argillite nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 0.7 in. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Copper Bell
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Copper bells in the Southwest originated in Mesoamerica. Unfortunately, the provenience information for this particular bell is currently unknown. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Copper Bell
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Copper bells in the Southwest originated in Mesoamerica. Unfortunately, the provenience for this bell is currently unknown. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Hohokam-style Frog Carved in Shell
Cultural Period: Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) and Hohokam Description: Carved shell frog, perforated for use as a bead or pendant; found at Wupatki Pueblo, but of Hohokam origin. Dimensions: 4.2 cm (H) x 4.6 cm (W) x 1.9 cm (T). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - 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). - Shell Necklace
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Shell necklace. Provenience unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Close-up of Shell Beads
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Shell necklace. Provenience unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Conus Shell Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Close-up view of the Conus shell pendant. This shell is part of a necklace including shell and turquoise beads found in Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Turquoise and Shell Necklace
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Shell and turquoise necklace from Wupatki Pueblo, restrung on brown thread. The necklace includes 48 shell beads, including the Conus sp. pendant, and 15 turquoise beads. Dimensions: Approximately 15 cm long. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card).