Excavations at Valshni Village, Arizona |
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Bonework |
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Wood has been suggested in the section on stonework, as the principal material for implements. The evidence at Valshni Village for bonework being scarce, would tend to support this hypothesis. Fourteen artifacts of bone were recovered, consisting of two awl types and one miscellaneous object. |
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Figure 27. Bone awls (very poor image quality) |
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a, Type I
b, c, d, Type II |
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Awls |
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Total sample: |
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13 |
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Type I |
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Sample: |
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8 |
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The head of this awl type (Fig. 27, a), was unaltered except for the original splitting (see Kidder, 1932:211). Seven were too fragmentary for accurate measurements, the eighth was 17 cm. long. This type was, in general, a heavy awl manufactured by splitting a leg bone of a deer and grinding the edges smooth. |
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Type II |
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Sample: |
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5 |
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A splinter awl (Fig. 27, b - d), manufactured by sharpening the jagged point of a bone fragment (see Kidder, 1932:213). These measured 5.8 cm. - 8.5 cm. |
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Miscellaneous |
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A deer leg bone from which rings, 1.4 cm. long had been cut. There were incisions marked on the bone preparatory to cutting more rings. |
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