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- Sandstone Cylinder
Description: Cylinder made of sandstone. The circular cross-sections at both ends show use. One end is beveled. Dimensions: 5.7 cm long, diameter of 1.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center ( catalog card). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Shaft straightener with an ovoid shape, flattened face, very smooth bottom and a groove across width. Dimensions: 6.4 x 11.3 x 3 cm, groove width 1.6 cm, groove diameter 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Nose Plugs
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: (top) limestone nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo; (bottom) red argillite nose plug from Wupatki Pueblo. Men wore these nose plugs through a pierced septum. Dimensions: (top) 3.7 cm (H) x 2.2 cm (W) x 1.7 cm (T); (bottom) 0.7 in. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card 1, catalog card 2). - Floor of Room 5, Alternate View 2
Subject: Overview of the floor of Room 5 in Castle A following excavation in 1934. In the foreground are the remains of a wattle wall, and behind are a large metate and two storage ollas. Adjacent to the second olla is a circular clay wall that may have been a firing oven. The remains of the third olla (right background) are in Room 4. Date: 1934 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Floor of Room 2a
Subject: Overview of the excavated floor for Room 2a in Castle A. In the rear are the remains of a wattle wall, and to the right front, a metate rests on the floor. Date: 1934 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - The Floor of Room 5
Subject: Overview of the floor of Room 5, following excavation. To the extreme left is the remnant of a wattle wall, and to the extreme right, a possible circular clay firing oven. Also visible are a hearth, ollas, manos and metates, and several postholes that would have held roof supports. Date: 1934 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Room 5 Floor, Alternate View 3
Subject: The excavated floor of Room 5, viewed from the west. Date: 1934 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Grant Negative 11
Subject: A mill room in Montezuma Castle, showing the basin and runoff. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Grant Negative 32
Subject: Wood and stone artifacts, Montezuma Castle National Monument. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Room 3
Subject: Room 3 of Castle A, following excavation, as viewed from the southwest. Burned ceiling beams and metates were found on the room's floor. Date: 1934 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Negative 23
Subject: Stone tools from Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Date: Probably ca. 1929 Collection: WACC: Casa Grande. Note: This image is also included in NPS's Historic Photos Collection: Catalog No. HPC-000375. - Negative 24
Subject: Ground stone artifacts from Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Metates and manos are at each end, with a small and large mortar and pestle in the center. A stone ball, ring, and censer are also pictured. Date: Probably ca. 1929 Collection: WACC: Casa Grande. Note: This image is also included in NPS's Historic Photos Collection: Catalog No. HPC-000373. - Paint Palette
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Stone palette shaped by chipping and grinding sandstone to form a rectangular shape in which three cupules are spaced equally. Each cupule still bears the remnants of minerals ground for paint pigment at Wupatki Pueblo. The yellow, orange, and brown pigments are derived from iron-rich minerals such as limonite, ochre, and perhaps hematite. Dimensions: 23.0L x 11.7W x 3.7T cm. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Polishing Stone
This small, round stone found on the surface of the site may have been a smoothing or polishing stone, tools used most commonly in pottery manufacture. Other ground stone artifacts recovered from the site include grinding tools, such as manos and metates, used to process seeds, corn, and other foods, and abrading tools used in stone tool manufacture and perhaps hide processing. - Basalt Pottery Anvil
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Basalt pottery anvil used as an aid in shaping ceramic vessels. Provenience unknown. Dimensions: 6 cm (H) x 8.5 cm (W) (2.36 x 3.35 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument.