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- Stone Spindle Whorl Fragment
Description: Schist spindle whorl fragment. Dimensions: Radius 1.25 inches, H 1/16 inches. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Stone Spindle Whorl
Description: Stone spindle whorl. Dimensions: Diam. 5.72 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Stone Paint Palette
Description: Stone palette on which pigment was prepared. Flakes of hematite (iron ore) were ground into a powder on the sandstone palette. Dimensions: Approximately 12.5 x 10.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 111). - Stone Mortar
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Circular stone mortar. A matching pestle was found in the upper fill of Room 1. Dimensions: L 14.3, W 13.6, T 3.8 CM; depression is 10 CM DIAM by 2.1 CM DEEP. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, IN FALLEN ROCK 10 CM ABOVE FLOOR, + 1 M FROM BENCH. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Stone Bowl
Cultural Period: Unknown Description: Stone bowl made from pecked and ground basalt. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Stone Blade
Description: Flat square blade with a tapered handle. The working end is thin with a serrated use edge and marked use wear. Dimensions: L 9.3, W 5.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Stone Balls
Description: Game tallies? Kick ball? Sling stone? Club head? Or kiva "thunder" stone, rolled across the floor to imitate thunder? Stone balls had many uses. The ball on the left retains what may be hematite or ocher pigment and measures approximately 6.9 cm in width. The ball on the right measures approximately 4.8 cm wide, and was collected with a mortar, in which the ball fit. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - 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). - Stone Axe
Description: 3/4 groove stone axe. Dimensions: Approximately 10.5 x 5.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 94?). - Stone Axe
Description: 3/4 groove stone axe. Dimensions: 6 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 205). - Steatite Shaft Straightener, Alternate View
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with four shallow v-shaped grooves. Dimensions: L 1.6, W 2.3, T 1.9 cm; W 28.0 g. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 5521). - Steatite Shaft Straightener
Description: Steatite shaft straightener with four shallow v-shaped grooves. Dimensions: L 1.6, W 2.3, T 1.9 cm; W 28.0 g. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 5521). - Squared Full-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Squared flat-face vesicular basalt maul with a full groove. Dimensions: L 9.0, W 9.5, T 9.8 CM; groove average W 2.0, D 0.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 36.00-38.75 M. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Squared Full-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Squared flat-face vesicular basalt maul with a full groove. Dimensions: L 9.0, W 9.5, T 9.8 CM; groove average W 2.0, D 0.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), MAIN PLAZA, TEST 1, 36.00-38.75 M. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Speckled Polishing Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Speckled oval red polishing stone. Dimensions: L 5.6, DIAM 2.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.