Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Cohonina

Description: Black point: Obsidian projectile point manufactured in the Cohonina style. This point was found in the trash on the west side of Wupatki Pueblo. Opaque point: Cohonina-style chalcedony projectile point or drill from Wupatki Pueblo.

Dimensions: (black) 1.2L x 0.4W x 0.1T cm (0.47 x 0.16 x 0.04 in); (opaque) 45.0L x 9.0W x 2.0T mm (1.77 x 0.35 x 0.08 in).

Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2).

Author

Dan Boone/Ryan Belnap, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University

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