Ornaments & Vegetal, Bone and Shell Artifacts

SLIDE 1:

Stone pendants

  • Maximum dimension, pendant on left: approximately 3.75 cm
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 2:

Pottery pendant

  • Made from bowl sherd.
  • Length: approximately 2.75 cm
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 3:

Shell bracelet fragment, bone tube beads, bone ring

  • Outside diameter, bone ring: approximately 2 cm
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 4:

Turquoise pendants, pendant “blank,” and beads

  • Length, pendant “blank” (left row, top): approximately 1 cm
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 5:

Shell ornament

  • Possibly a gorget or pendant.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT5876.ORN.90002.1.0)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 6:

Shell ornament

  • Possibly a gorget or pendant.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT5876.ORN.90002.1.0)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 7:

Shell bracelets, stacked

  • In sediment matrix.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT4671.ORN.3412.0.0B and C)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 8:

Shell bracelets, stacked

  • In sediment matrix.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT4671.ORN.3412.0.0B and C)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 9:

Yucca sandal

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT4683.BOT.201.3)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Yucca sandal

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT4683.BOT.201.3)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 11:

Yucca sandals, matched pair

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2006.9.5MN915.1A and B)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 12:

Yucca sandals, matched pair

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2006.9.5MN915.1A and B)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 13:

Yucca and willow basket

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2004.23.5MT601.1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 14:

Yucca and willow basket

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2004.23.5MT601.1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 15:

Yucca and willow basket

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2004.23.5MT601.1)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 16:

Bone awls

  • Used for piercing; some may have been used in weaving.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Bone awls

  • Used for piercing; some may have been used in weaving.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 18:

Bone and antler scrapers (antler on far right)

  • Multipurpose scraping tools (hide-working, pottery manufacture, etc.).
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Bone and antler scrapers (antler on far right)

  • Multipurpose scraping tools (hide-working, pottery manufacture, etc.).
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 20:

Bone scraper

  • Note etched groove, unknown function (see next photograph for close-up).
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2009.15.5MT338.45)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 21:

Bone scraper

  • Close-up showing etched groove, unknown function.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (2009.15.5MT338.45)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 22:

Antler flaking tool

  • Made of deer antler tine; used in pressure flaking during stone tool manufacture. See next photograph for view of working tip.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT23.FAU.1583.2.22)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Antler flaking tool

  • Made of deer antler tine; used in pressure flaking during stone tool manufacture. See next photograph for view of working tip.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT23.FAU.1583.2.22)

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Bone needles

  • Used for sewing, basketry.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 25:

Bone needles

  • Used for sewing, basketry.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

SLIDE 26:

Bone needle with three holes

  • Bureau of Land Management–Anasazi Heritage Center collections (78.1.5MT2854.FAU.510.3.0)

Mark Montgomery, photographer