- Footsteps to Wupatki
- Full-groove Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Basalt full-groove axe head. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2596). - Full-grooved Basalt Axe Head
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Basalt axe head with a full groove for hafting found on the surface at Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 7.95 (H) x 4.95 (W) x 3.95 (T) cm 3.13 x 1.95 x 1.56 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Gambling Piece
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Carved bone die or gambling piece bearing four carved grooves on one side. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 287). - Gaming Piece
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Ground and well-smoothed triangular-ovoid Tusayan Black-on-white sherd identified as a possible gaming piece. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 404). - Gaming Piece or Spindle Whorl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Black-on-orange gaming piece or spindle whorl; on loan from Museum of Northern Arizona. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15443). - Gaming Piece?
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Possible bone gaming piece with seven lines engraved into one face. Dimensions: 2 cm long. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2814). - Glycymeris Shell Bracelet
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Carved and shaped Glycymeris shell likely worn as a bracelet, or perhaps as a pendant. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Gray Corrugated Jar
Description: Gray corrugated jar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Gray Corrugated Jar
Description: Gray corrugated jar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Hafted Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Fully-grooved stone axe hafted with a wooden loop handle, collected by Byron Cummings in 1909. The axe head is made of basalt. The bit and sides are polished, but the back of the head is rough - either pecked or used for pounding. The handle is looped around the lateral groove in the axe head, and smaller split twigs or vines hold the handle and axe head in place. Red pigment is still apparent on the loop around the axe head. Dimensions: 4 L x 3 1/4 W x 2 7/8 T (axe). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 433). - Hammerstone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Quartzite hammerstone with heavily battered ends. Dimensions: Unknown full dimensions; larger working end = 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches; smaller working end = 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 438). - Harold Colton, Wupatki, 1965
Description: Harold Colton (far right) at Wupatki National Monument in 1965. Date: July 1965. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 24427). - Hearth Board
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: This hearth board from Wupatki Pueblo would have served as the base of a fire making kit that using heat from friction (such as that created by a bow drill) to light tinder. Dimensions: 9.1 cm long (3.58 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Historic Crew Shot
Description: The Field Crew (L to R):Leslie Smithson (Laborer), Ross Sansom (Laborer), Robert S. Harris (Survey Instrument Man), Dale S. King (Foreman and Archaeologist), Charlie R. Steen (Survey Archaeologist and Rodman), and Walter Hyde (Laborer). The crew began work at Nalakihu on December 27, 1933 and ended April 12, 1934. Date: 1933-1934. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 19726).