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- Full-groove Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a flat poll and battered bit. A second groove is present on one face of the bit; the other face is broken along one margin. Dimensions: L 11.4, W 5.0, T 4.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a flat poll and battered bit. A second groove is present on one face of the bit; the other face is broken along one margin. Dimensions: L 11.4, W 5.0, T 4.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Double-bit Axe/Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Double-bit axe/maul with a full groove. One side highly polished but chipped and battered on the bits. The other side is flaked but unpolished, suggesting this particular artifact may have been rejuvenated from an axe that longitudinally broke in two. Dimensions: L 11.3, W 6.0, T 2.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Double-bit Axe/Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Double-bit axe/maul with a full groove. One side highly polished but chipped and battered on the bits. The other side is flaked but unpolished, suggesting this particular artifact may have been rejuvenated from an axe that longitudinally broke in two. Dimensions: L 11.3, W 6.0, T 2.9 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 18, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe, Alternate View 2
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a battered, broken poll and well-shaped bit. Dimensions: L 8.3, W 5.4, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a battered, broken poll and well-shaped bit. Dimensions: L 8.3, W 5.4, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Axe
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove axe with a battered, broken poll and well-shaped bit. Dimensions: L 8.3, W 5.4, T 3.4 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Greenstone Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Extremely well-used full-groove greenstone maul with an elliptical cross section and battered ends. Dimensions: L 6.6. W 5.7, T 3.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Greenstone Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Extremely well-used full-groove greenstone maul with an elliptical cross section and battered ends. Dimensions: L 6.6. W 5.7, T 3.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 17, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Heavily battered 3/4-groove maul with a flat poll. Dimensions: L 6.3, H 4.7, T 3.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FLOOR & 1 FOOT ABOVE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 3/4-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Heavily battered 3/4-groove maul with a flat poll. Dimensions: L 6.3, H 4.7, T 3.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 20, FLOOR & 1 FOOT ABOVE. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Handstone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Small quartz handstone described as a “hammerstone” in the artifact catalog. The artifact bears smooth sides, is rectangular, and has some pecking in the center of two of the faces. Dimensions: L 7.7, W 4.7, T 3.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Small Ground Stone Cylinder
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Small ground stone cylinder with flat ends and faceted sides. Dimensions: L 1.8, DIAM 1.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 15, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - White Polishing Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Smooth, round white pebble polishing stone. Dimensions: DIAM 1.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Oval Polishing Stone
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Oval polishing stone with smooth surfaces. Dimensions: L 3.2, W 1.6, T 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), ROOM 16, FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.