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- Stone Axe
View 3D Model Description: Stone axe with hafting groove; cutting edge is smoothed from use. Collected from the Echo Cliffs area. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 15477). - Polishing Stone
This small, round stone found on the surface of the site may have been a smoothing or polishing stone, tools used most commonly in pottery manufacture. Other ground stone artifacts recovered from the site include grinding tools, such as manos and metates, used to process seeds, corn, and other foods, and abrading tools used in stone tool manufacture and perhaps hide processing. - 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). - Possible Pestle
Description: Cylindrical stone tool; possibly a pestle. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 98). - Axe
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: 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). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Shaft straightener with five vertical grooves and incising. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 180). - Rubbing Stone
Description: Handstone or rubbing stone, ground on both surfaces. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: AZ U:08:091 (ASM), Feature 0, Level 0. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 6826). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with two deep parallel grooves and a series of shallow perpendicular grooves. Dimensions: L 4.3, W 3.3, H 2.8 cm; W 50 g Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 16, Unit 13, 67 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4862). - Shaft Straightener, Alternate View
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with two deep parallel grooves and a series of shallow perpendicular grooves. Dimensions: L 4.3, W 3.3, H 2.8 cm; W 50 g Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 16, Unit 13, 67 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4862). - Polishing Stone
Description: Polishing stone. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 15, Unit 1, 210-216 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4578). - Polishing Stone
Description: Polishing stone. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 15, Unit 1, 125-135 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4565). - Polishing Stone, Alternate View
Description: Polishing stone. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 15, Unit 1, 125-135 cm below datum. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4565). - One-handed Mano
Description: Bifacial one-handed mano. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4773). - One-handed Mano
Description: One-handed mano also used as a hammerstone. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4702).