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Western Basketmaker II Point

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Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Contemporaneous with Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s)

Description: Corner- to side-notched projectile point with a missing tang; made on a fine grained red chert with retouch. Identified by Ashlee Bailey, Northern Arizona University graduate student in Anthropology, as a Western Basketmaker II point.

Provenience: LA 430 (North Ruin, also called North Atsinna), Surface.

Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.

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Randy Sullivan, NPS Digital Team Photographer
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