- Arrow Foreshaft
Description: Arrow foreshaft, nearly perfect with only a bit of tip broken off, and part of reed at either end still socketing the other end of foreshaft. The foreshaft is still bound with sinew for holding the foreshaft in the shaft. Dimensions: Approximately 30.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 458). - Fire Drill Shaft
Description: Fire drill shaft. Dimensions: Approximately 38 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 439). - Arrow Mainshaft
Description: Arrow mainshaft, made of reed grass (Phragmites communis) with a notched end and three split feathers intact and still wrapped with sinew. The other end and wooden foreshaft are missing. Dimensions: 16 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 457). - Split Feather Detail
Description: Close view of the sinew wrapped split feathers on MOCA 457, an arrow mainshaft. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 457). - Fire Drill Hearth
Description: Fire drill hearth with several burned holes made from use with a fire drill shaft. Dimensions: Approximately 23.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 440). - Arrowshaft
Description: Hardwood arrowshaft, slender and straight, blunt at one end, with a sharp tip at the other. In hunting small game, wooden tipped arrows are believed to have been frequently used. Dimensions: Approximately 26.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 459). - Wooden Paddle
Description: A sturdy flat wooden paddle with a narrow handle. This artifact would have been used to smooth and thin the walls of pottery vessels made by the paddle-and-anvil method. Dimensions: 11.5 inches (29.2 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 442). - Axe Handle
Description: A well-used wooden axe handle. The haft, mended with yucca cord, would have wrapped around a stone axe. Dimensions: Approximately 26.75 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 444). - Knife or Scraper
Description: Broken knife or scraper made from bone. Dimensions: 6 inches (15.24 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 220). - Needle
Description: Needle or slender bone awl, perforated at one end, and made from the leg bone of a rabbit. Dimensions: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 217). - Unworked Bone
Description: Unworked deer metapodial. Dimensions: Approximately 27.25 cm long Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Awl
Description: Bone awl. Dimensions: 5.5 inches. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 218). - Bone Tube
Description: Bone tube. This artifact may have been used as a cigarette holder or as the source for bone beads. Dimensions: Approximately 5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 233). - Deer Bone Awl
Description: Deer bone awl with a flat cross-section. This tool may also have served as a weapon. Dimensions: Approximately 25.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 434). - Turkey Bone Whistle
Description: Whistle, probably used as a turkey call. Appears to be made of a turkey leg bone. Dimensions: Approx 9.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. 455).