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- Axe Handle
Description: A well-used wooden axe handle. The haft, mended with yucca cord, would have wrapped around a stone axe. Dimensions: Approximately 26.75 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 444). - Mortar and Pestle
Description: Mortar made from vesicular basalt and plug-shaped pestle of the same material. Dimensions: Mortar diam 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), bowl diam. 2 in (approx. 5 cm), thickness 1.75 in (4.45 cm), depth 1 in (2.54 cm); Pestle 4.5 in (11.43 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 97 - mortar, and MOCA 264 - pestle). - Cotton Skirt
Description: A knotted cotton skirt that would have been worn by a Sinagua woman. Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 20 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 46). - 1934 Excavation of Castle A
Subject: Overview of the 1934 Castle A excavations, showing rooms 1-5 in the upper tier. The person to the rear left is standing in front of Room 5 and the person to the left front is standing on the midden slope in front of the building. Date: 1934 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Arrowshaft Straightener
Description: Oval arrowshaft straightener with transverse groove; stone has been burned. Dimensions: Approximately 9 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 429). - Hafted Axe
Description: A 3/4 grooved stone axe in its original wooden haft. Dimensions: 7.5 inch long handle, axe 4 inches. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 157).