- Shell Bracelet
Description: Olivella shell beads on the original string. Dimensions: Approximately 9 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 130). - Projectile Points
Description: Various projectile points. The smaller ones would have been used on arrows, but the larger was likely used on a dart or spear. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Red Tipped Projectile Point
Description: Red tipped chalcedony projectile point. Dimensions: 1 1/4 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1429). - Projectile Point
Description: Small chert projectile point. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 456). - Obsidian Projectile Point
Description: Small obsidian triangle projectile point. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1430 or 1431). - Obsidian Projectile Point
Description: Obsidian projectile point, side notched with a concave base. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1430 or 1431). - Dart or Spear Point
Description: A large dart or spear point. Dimensions: 2 3/4 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 456). - Stone Knife
Description: A carefully shaped stone knife that was likely lashed to a wooden shaft (hafted). Dimensions: Approx 4.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 428). - Hematite
Description: Raw hematite (iron ore), possibly used to make pigment. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1020). - Obsidian Core
Description: An obsidian core or blank. Glassy obsidian provided a razor-sharp edge for fine cutting. Dimensions: Approximately 10 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 633). - 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?). - Gourd Container
Description: A small gourd "paint pot" with a yucca fiber stopper, found with yellow-brown paint powder inside. Dimensions: Approximately 13 cm long; body of gourd 6.5 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 149). - Yucca Fiber Stopper
Description: Close view of the yucca stopper in MOCA 149, a gourd paint container. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 149). - Awl
Description: Bone awl, presumably made of split metapodial (toe) bone of deer. Dimensions: Approximately 10 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 436). - Mortar and Pestle
Description: Mortar made from vesicular basalt and plug-shaped pestle of the same material. Dimensions: Mortar diam 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), bowl diam. 2 in (approx. 5 cm), thickness 1.75 in (4.45 cm), depth 1 in (2.54 cm); Pestle 4.5 in (11.43 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 97 - mortar, and MOCA 264 - pestle).