- Tsegi Orange Canteen
Rotate Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Unslipped Tsegi Orange canteen; on loan from Museum of Northern Arizona. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15442). - Tsegi Orange Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Tsegi Orange bowl. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15437). - Tsegi Canyon, 2005
Description: Tsegi Canyon. Date: 2005 Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Tsegi Canyon, 2000
Description: Tsegi Canyon. Date: 2000 Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Tsegi Black-on-orange Dipper Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Tsegi Black-on-orange dipper fragment. This is a rare form for this particular ceramic type. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 15439); on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona. - The-Dine
- The Peshlakais
- The Ground has to Breath
- The Crew and the Car
Description: The Field Crew (L to R): Charlie R. Steen, Leslie Smithson. Robert S. Harris, Dale S. King, Walter Hyde, and Ross Sansom. The crew worked at Nalakihu from December 1933 to April 1934. Date: 1933-1934. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 19730). - The Blowhole Interpretative Panel
This blowhole – a crevice in the earth’s crust that appears to breathe – is one of several found in the Wupatki area. It connects to an underground passage – size, depth, and complexity unknown – called an earthcrack. Earthcracks resulted from earthquake activity in the Kaibab Limestone bedrock and have enlarged over time. Archaeologists have yet to uncover any evidence of prehistoric structures or uses at the blowhole. Its connection to the Wupatki Pueblo remains a mystery. Today, the Hopi descendants of these early people, refer to the blowhole as the breath of “Yaapontsa,” the wind spirit. They and other American Indians attach a spiritual significance to these features. - The Blowhole
This intriguing geological feature was unearthed during the 1965 excavations of the Wupatki Ballcourt. After its discovery, the National Park Service bricked in the opening, giving the blowhole the appearance it has today and allowing visitors the experience of feeling the rush of air from the opening. It is unknown if the people of Wupatki were aware of the blowhole, and if they were, what significance the feature may have held to prehistoric people. - Test Trenches
Description: Test trenches through the ballcourt at Wupatki Pueblo. Date: 1960s. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 24362). - Terraced Rooms
Notice how people shaped their lives to this land. Sun, water, wind, and earth influenced decisions. Using the red sandstone outcrop as a backbone, and its naturally fractured blocks as bricks, masons laid stone rooms up and down the length of the formation. High walls on the north and west sides blunted prevailing winds. Terraced rooms to the south and east bathed in winter sun. Flat roofs served as water systems, collecting precipitation and directing it to storage pots. Wupatki Pueblo stood three stories high in places. Double walls were filled with a rubble core and were about 6 feet (2 meters) high; roofs were constructed with timbers, cross-laid with smaller beams or reeds, and finished with grass and mud. There were no exterior doorways at ground level. Built out in the open, Wupatki is far more typical of 12th century structures than a cliff dwelling. Cliff dwellings make up only a fraction of known southwestern archeological sites.
"...The family, the dwelling house and the field are inseparable, because the woman is the heart of these, and they rest with her... The man builds the house but the woman is the owner, because she repairs and preserves it." -A Hopi view of the community, presented to "the Washington Chiefs," 1894 - Survey in the 1930s
Description: Charlie R. Steen and Robert S. Harris from the Museum of Northern Arizona, conducting archaeological survey in the vicinity of Nalakihu and Citadel pueblos. Date: Spring 1934. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 19729). - Sunset Red Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua (A.D. 1064-1300) Description: Sunset Red bowl. This bowl provides an example of Sinagua-style pottery. Dimensions: 12.7(H) x 12.7(W) x 6.35(D) cm (5 x 5 x 2.5 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card); on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona.