- 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). - 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). - Arrowshaft Straightener
Description: Oval arrowshaft straightener with transverse groove; stone has been burned. Dimensions: Approximately 9 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 429). - Anvil or Smoother
Description: Stone anvil or smoother. The stone is deeply worn around the center for a handle or to facilitate holding. One end smoothed from use. Dimensions: Approximately 6 cm tall, base diam. 7.25 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 99). - Pottery Anvil or Stopper
Description: Red sandstone pottery anvil or possibly a stopper that would have been used in the mouth or a small olla or jug. Dimensions: Base diam. approximately 8 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 98). - Yucca Knife
Description: Yucca knife, with red residue, made from slate. Artifacts such as these are also called mescal knives and may have been hafted. Dimensions: 4.5 in x 3.75 in (11.43 x 9.525 cm). Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 279). - Stone Paint Palette
Description: Stone palette on which pigment was prepared. Flakes of hematite (iron ore) were ground into a powder on the sandstone palette. Dimensions: Approximately 12.5 x 10.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 111). - Possible Whetstone
Description: Sandstone with part of one surface rubbed smooth; presumably used as whetstone. Dimensions: Approximately 20 x 10.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 100). - Flageolet (Flute)
Descriptions: A flageolet (flute-like instrument) made from a hollow wooden tube with five stops. Dimensions: Approximately 54 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 179). - Hafted Axe
Description: A 3/4 grooved stone axe in its original wooden haft. Dimensions: 7.5 inch long handle, axe 4 inches. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 157). - Mano and Metate
Description: Metate made from volcanic rock with a deep groove and a one sided sandstone mano. Dimensions: Metate 5.5 inches from grinding surface to rim; Mano approx. 14 x 8 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 115 - metate, and MOCA 318 - mano).