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- Full-groove Double-bit Axe/Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Double-bit axe/maul with a full groove. One side highly polished but chipped and battered on the bits. The other side is flaked but unpolished, suggesting this particular artifact may have been rejuvenated from an axe that longitudinally broke in two. Dimensions: L 11.3, W 6.0, T 2.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Double-bit Axe/Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Double-bit axe/maul with a full groove. One side highly polished but chipped and battered on the bits. The other side is flaked but unpolished, suggesting this particular artifact may have been rejuvenated from an axe that longitudinally broke in two. Dimensions: L 11.3, W 6.0, T 2.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove maul with flat poll and rounded head. An organic substance remains adherent to one side of the maul. Dimensions: L 5.6, W 5.1, T 4.4 CM; average groove W 1.3, D 0.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-N, ON E BENCH, N END. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: 3/4-groove roughly round maul with flat faces. Dimensions: L 7.5, W 7.2, T 4.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a flat poll and battered bit. A second groove is present on one face of the bit; the other face is broken along one margin. Dimensions: L 11.4, W 5.0, T 4.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe, Alternate View 2
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a battered, broken poll and well-shaped bit. Dimensions: L 8.3, W 5.4, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a flat poll and battered bit. A second groove is present on one face of the bit; the other face is broken along one margin. Dimensions: L 11.4, W 5.0, T 4.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Greenstone Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Extremely well-used full-groove greenstone maul with an elliptical cross section and battered ends. Dimensions: L 6.6. W 5.7, T 3.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: 3/4-groove roughly round maul with flat faces. Dimensions: L 7.5, W 7.2, T 4.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a battered, broken poll and well-shaped bit. Dimensions: L 8.3, W 5.4, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4-groove Flat-headed Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: 3/4-groove maul with a flat poll and battered blade; likely reworked from a broken axe. Dimensions: L 9.5, W 8.0, T 4.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4-groove Flat-headed Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: 3/4-groove maul with a flat poll and battered blade; likely reworked from a broken axe. Dimensions: L 9.5, W 8.0, T 4.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a battered, broken poll and well-shaped bit. Dimensions: L 8.3, W 5.4, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Reworked Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Reworked grooved axe used as a “pecking hammer.” One bit is coated with an organic substance. Dimensions: L 9.3, W 3.3, T 2.1 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), TEST 5, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Notched Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Notched, flaked, and polished axe. Dimensions: L 14.1, W 7.5, T 3.0 CM; existing notch W 2.0, D 1.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 8, LOWER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.