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- 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 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 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
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 Description: Basalt full-groove axe head. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 2596). - Flat-faced Discoidal Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Flat-faced discoidal maul with a 7/8 groove. Dimensions: H 7.5, DIAM 9.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1, CIST; Note: Atsinna has two rooms that could be “Room 1,” Room 1-N and Room 1-S. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Flat-faced Discoidal Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Flat-faced discoidal maul with a 7/8 groove. Dimensions: H 7.5, DIAM 9.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1, CIST; Note: Atsinna has two rooms that could be “Room 1,” Room 1-N and Room 1-S. 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). - 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.