- Wooden Point
Description: Wooden point with a constricted end, likely for socketing into another piece. Dimensions: L approx 5 cm. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 69). - 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). - 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). - Shaft Straightener
Description: Basalt shaft straightener with a single groove. Dimensions: L 6.4, W 11.3 , H 3 cm, Groove W 1.6, diam 0.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Reeds, Alternate View
Description: Reed, probably gathered for arrow shafts but unworked. Found loosely wrapped with a length of yucca leaf. Dimensions: L 45.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Reeds
Description: Reed, probably gathered for arrow shafts but unworked. Found loosely wrapped with a length of yucca leaf. Dimensions: L 45.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 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). - Rabbit Stick
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Curved wooden (oak?) rabbit stick with a sharpened outer edge. Dimensions: 16 1/2 L x 3 W (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 167). - 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. - Polished Bird Bone Whistle
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Polished bird bone whistle shaft, cut at both ends, with a single hole in the middle of the shaft; from Atsinna Pueblo. Dimensions: L 5.2 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 9, UPPER FILL. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 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). - Late 1800s Longrifle, Plate Stamp
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Late 1800s Longrifle, Barrel Stamp
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Late 1800s Longrifle
Cultural Period: Historic, Anglo (late 1860s) Description: Percussion cap and ball longrifle with a double-set trigger made by J.S. Burson in the late 1800s. The rifle has brass plates on the stock, and bears the stamp “Leman Lancaster PA” on the plate under the hammer and “J.S. Burson, Wabash, Ind” on the barrel. Provenience: Purchased from Mr. E. Norman Flayderman, Greenwich, CN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.