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- Double-grooved Abrader
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Double-grooved abrader. The grooves are parallel and rounded to V-shaped. Both surfaces of the abrader were used, but the grooves are present only on one side. Dimensions: L 24.5, W 14.8, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 4, FLOOR, E SIDE BY WALL, 0.75 CM FROM NE CORNER. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 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). - 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). - 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). - Diorite 3/4-groove Axe
Description: Diorite single bit 3/4-groove axe. The blade tapers 2.6 cm on each side and is polished with many irregularities. The face grooves are also polished, but the rounded poll is not. The blade edge is battered and chipped, as is the poll. The groove on the edges of the blade are exceptionally wide and shallow (5.8 x .1 cm), and bears a red stain, possibly from hematite. Dimensions: L 25.4, W 8.0, H 5.4; Poll L 4.2; Groove W 3.2, D .5; Blade L 17.4 cm; Weight 4.5 lb. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Deep Trough Metate
Description: Vesicular basalt metate with a deep trough. Dimensions: 50.8 x 35.6 x 20.3 cm (outer); 50.8 x 23.5 x 10.2 cm (inner). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Deep Trough Metate
Description: Large, deep trough basalt metate and bifacial rectangular mano. Dimensions: 53.4 x 35.5 x 24.7 cm (metate; outer), 53.4 x 25.4 x 22.2 cm (metate; inner), 19.7 x 10.3 x 5.2 cm (mano). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - metate; catalog card - mano). - Cooking Slab
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Cooking slab (possible piki stone). Dimensions: L 24.4, W 19.7, T 3.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 6, UPPER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cobble Tool, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Cobble tool described in the artifact catalog as a “paint grinder” with red paint on one surface. The artifact was also used as hammerstone, as evidenced by the battering on the end. Dimensions: L 8.8, W 7.3, T 5.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cobble Tool
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Cobble tool described in the artifact catalog as a “paint grinder” with red paint on one surface. The artifact was also used as hammerstone, as evidenced by the battering on the end. Dimensions: L 8.8, W 7.3, T 5.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cobble Polishing Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Pink/red cobble polishing stone with battered ends. Dimensions: L 4.1, W 3.3, T 1.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Cobble Mano or Smoothing Stone
Description: Sandstone cobble mano or smoothing stone; if the latter, this tool may have been used for plastering work. Dimensions: 14.2 x 8 x 5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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.