- 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). - Axe Handle
Description: Prehistoric axe handle, encrusted with salt; a bit of yucca fiber tie still clings to the end. Dimensions: 7.1 cm from end, stick thinned for 17.4 cm by removal of wood from one side (55.8 x 2.6 cm). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Axe Reused as a Hammer
Description: A 3/4-groove diorite axe reused as a hammer. Dimensions: 7.6 x 3.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Axe with Rounded Poll
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a rounded poll. Dimensions: L 17.3, W 6.5, T 5.8 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1369). - Axe, Alternate View
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a single cutting edge. Dimensions: L 5 3/4, W 2 7/16, T 1 1/4 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 96). - Axe, Alternate View
Description: Bifacially thinned axe with a lenticular cross-section and side notches. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2570). - Axe, Alternate View
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a single cutting edge and a blunt edge that was used as a hammer. Dimensions: L 14.5, W 7, T 4.3 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 9, Floor. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 537). - Axe, Alternate View 2
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a single cutting edge and a blunt edge that was used as a hammer. Dimensions: L 14.5, W 7, T 4.3 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 9, Floor. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 537). - Broken Axe/Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Broken full-groove axe reused as a maul. An unknown organic substance is present on one side. Dimensions: L 9.4, W 8.1, T 4.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Broken Axe/Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Broken full-groove axe reused as a maul. An unknown organic substance is present on one side. Dimensions: L 9.4, W 8.1, T 4.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Diorite 3/4-groove Axe
Description: Single bit 3/4-groove axe made of diorite. The axe is polished, but rather coarsely, with fine polishing only at the tip of the blade. The blade tapers 2 cm on each side and to the poll. The widest part is a little above the center of the axe, and the poll is flattened slightly. Dimensions: L 26.4, W 7.4; Poll W 5.1, L 3.2; Groove W 2.2, D .4; Blade L 21 cm; Weight 3 lb 14 oz. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Double Bit Stone Axe
Description: Double bit, 3/4 groove stone axe. Dimensions: Approximately 12.25 cm long x 5.5 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 254). - Double-bitted Axe
Description: Double-bitted notched axe. Dimensions: L 6, W 3, T 1 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin, Room 27, Above Floor. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1077). - Double-bitted Axe
Description: Double-bitted diorite axe with a 3/4-groove and use wear on both cutting edges. Dimensions: 8.25 x 3.25 in; Weight 1 lb 6 oz. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Double-bitted Axe
Description: Double-bitted, 3/4-groove diorite axe with worn cutting edges. Dimensions: L 8 in, W 2 in; Weight 1 lb. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).