- Argillite Effigy
Description: Animal effigy carved from argillite. Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Circular Argillite Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Thin, circular, biconically drilled argillite pendant. Dimensions: T 0.1, DIAM 1.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Refuse Mound, Test 2. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 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). - Shell and Stone Necklace
Description: Necklace with 828 beads (790 shell disc beads, 9 turquoise pendants, 14 argillite beads, and 15 black stone beads). Dimensions: Length of 83.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pendant
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Carved and ground argillite pendant from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 2.9 cm (diameter) x 0.28 cm (T) (1.14 in (diameter) x 0.11 in (T). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Shell and Stone Necklace, Detail
Description: Necklace with 828 beads (790 shell disc beads, 9 turquoise pendants, 14 argillite beads, and 15 black stone beads). Dimensions: Length of 83.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Marking Dauber
Description: Triangular argillite marking dauber or pendant. Dimensions: L 5.4, W 1.4, H .7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card ). - Argillite or Hematite Pendant
Description: Flat rectangular argillite or hematite pendant drilled for suspension. Dimensions: 2.8 x 2 x 0.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Argillite Pipe
Description: Broken tubular argillite pipe. Dimensions: L 6.4, diam 1.3, and 2.3, inner diam 2.2 and 1.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Incised Argillite Paint Mortar
Description: Argillite paint mortar with 27 vertical exterior grooves (each 2 mm wide by 2 mm deep). A black substance adheres to the interior of the mortar, which was at one time well polished all around. A large piece of the base has broken and been mended. Dimensions: Diam. 7.2 x Base 5.5 x Depth 1.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Turquoise Mosaic Pendant
Description: Turquoise mosaic pendant with an argillite center adhered to a shell drilled for suspension. Dimensions: 1.4 cm long, 1.6 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Bead Blanks
Description: Thin argillite bead blanks in a plainware or Verde Brown bowl. The blanks are of various shapes; some are square while others are six-sided. These blanks, of which there are 652, were found in a single cache. Only 19 are perforated. Dimensions: Bead blanks average about 0.6 cm across. Bowl-3.8 cm H, 9.2 x 6.8 cm opening. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - bowl; catalog card - bead blanks).